Nowadays, anyone who wishes to combat lies and ignorance and to write the truth must overcome at least five difficulties. He must have the courage to write the truth when truth is everywhere opposed; the keenness to recognize it, although it is everywhere concealed; the skill to manipulate it as a weapon; the judgment to select those in whose hands it will be effective; and the running to spread the truth among such persons.

A good soldier has his heart and soul in it. When he receives an order, he gets a hard on, and when he drives his lance through his enemy's guts, he comes.

There are a few things that'll move people to pity, a few, but the trouble is, when they've been used several times, they no longer work.

If you join the rat race — you're in the race of rats.

Writers can't write as fast as governments make wars; because to write demands thinking.

Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.

One cannot be arraigned for declaring a war, which every ruler has to do once in a while, but only for running a war badly.