A man's liberal and conservative phases seem to follow each other in a succession of waves from the time he is born. Children are radicals. Youths are conservatives, with a dash of criminal negligence. Men in their prime are liberals (as long as their digestion keeps pace with their intellect). The middle aged run to shelter: they insure their life, draft a will, accumulate mementos and occasional tables, and hope for security. And then comes old age, which repeats childhood - a time full of humors and sadness, but often full of courage and even prophecy.

I believe in dreams. People should have faith in the songs poets sing.

Make the work interesting and the discipline will take care of itself.

The whole duty of a writer is to please and satisfy himself, and the true writer always plays to an audience of one.

The trouble with the profit system has always been that it was highly unprofitable to most people.

Once in everyone's life there is apt to be a period when he is fully awake, instead of half-asleep.

In dialogue, make sure that your attributives do not awkwardly interrupt a spoken sentence. Place them where the breath would come naturally in speech-that is, where the speaker would pause for emphasis, or take a breath. The best test for locating an attributive is to speak the sentence aloud.