It's nothing to be ashamed of. There comes a time in everything when you don't know something.

. . . besides love, independence of thought is the greatest gift an adult can give a child.

When men can be made to hope, then they can be made to win.

You've got to be quick on your feet in this world if you want to survive. Though once you know the rules, it is not too hard to play the game.

It's not what a man does, it's what a man is that counts!

I was born illegitimately and almost immediately, as I understand it, placed in an orphanage. So my very earliest memories were in an orphanage. It was the tag end of the Great Depression when I was born. People were desperately poor.

People say I don't write books, I make Christmas presents.