A writer's job is to tell the truth.

New ideas are one of the most overrated concepts of our time. Most of the important ideas that we live with aren't new at all.

Don't you hate it when...your suitcase is the last one off the airplane?

Creativity is a by-product of hard work. If I never have another really new idea, it won't matter.

Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.

I've learned... That money doesn't buy class.

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.