You are softening toward the young rascal because he is ill, and because he says he likes cats." "It is an engaging quality, Emerson." "That depends," said Emerson darkly, "on how he likes them.

Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.

Getting an idea for a book is not the problem, but you need 300 ideas - an idea a page.

If someone lies down and invites you to trample upon him, you are a remarkable individual if you decline the invitation.

The only way to do it is to do it: by writing, writing, writing.

I would not be at all surprised to find that it was for gold that Cain committed the first murder. (It happened a very long time ago, and Holy Writ, though no doubt divinely inspired, is a trifle careless about details. God is not a historian).

There are too many people in the world as it is, but the supply of ancient manuscripts is severely limited.