East Mims was for blacks, west was for white, and never the twain should meet.

East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet

If you want to go east, don't go west

He pretty well put a bulls eye on himself.

I don't think it's empty at the bottom of the well. A lot may have developed in the last 50 years.

In novel after novel you have succeeded in making East and West meet, mixing Swift with the Arabian Nights... enriching the English language with your never ending creativity,