History is written by winners.

Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.

In all of us there is a hunger, marrow-deep, to know our heritage- to know who we are and where we have come from. Without this enriching knowledge, there is a hollow yearning. No matter what our attainments in life, there is still a vacuum, an emptiness, and the most disquieting loneliness.

You don't spend twenty years of your life in the service and not have a warm, nostalgic feeling left in you. It's a small service, and there's a lot of esprit de corps.

Beginning writers must appreciate the prerequisites if they hope to become writers. You pay your dues - which takes years.

When you clench your fist, no one can put anything in your hand.

I am really quite proud of most of the people I " know who have "made it," who do things to help people.