When I write, I use an Underwood #5 made in 1920. Someone gave me an electric typewriter, but there's no use pretending you can use machinery that thinks faster than you do. An electric typewriter is ready to go before I have anything to say.

Soap, like people, shouldn't smell like anything.

If I'd known how many problems I was going to run into before I finished, I can't remember a single project I would have started.

I've learned... That life is tough, but I'm tougher.

The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.

I did not believe in the war. I thought it was wrong to go into any war. And I got to the war, and saw the Germans, and I changed my mind. I decided we were right going into World War II.

I've learned... That sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart to understand.