If there's one thing on this planet you don't look like it's a bunch of good luck walkin around.

I got what I needed instead of what I wanted and that's just about the best kind of luck you can have.

I don't know why I started writing. I don't know why anybody does it. Maybe they're bored, or failures at something else.

Fear of an enemy can often blind men to other hazards, not least the shape which they themselves make in the world.

No one can tell you what your life is goin to be, can they? No. It's never like what you expected. Quijada nodded. If people knew the story of their lives how many would then elect to live them?

It is supposed to true that those who do not know history are condemned to repeat it. I don't believe knowing can save us. What is constant in history is greed and foolishness and love of blood.

You are either born a writer or you are not.