Traveling through space is stupifyingly monotonous.

I knew nothing about the technique of story writing, and now, after eighteen years of writing, I still know nothing about the technique, although with the publication of my new novel, Tarzan and the Lost Empire, there are 31 books on my list.

The more one listens to ordinary conversations the more apparent it becomes that the reasoning faculties of the brain take little part in the direction of the vocal organs.

It never seems to occur to some people, that, like beauty, a sense of humor may sometimes be fatal.

The time has arrived when patience becomes a crime and mayhem appears garbed in a manner of virtue

exsistance is not the cure it is the problem

For a time Jack was angry; but when he had been without the jacket for a short while he began to realize that being half-clothed is infinitely more uncomfortable than being entirely naked. Soon he did not miss his clothing in the least, and from that he came to revel in the freedom of his unhampered state.