I got this story from someone who had no business in the telling of it.

exsistance is not the cure it is the problem

So strong is the power of superstition that even though we know that we have been reverencing a sham, yet still we hesitate to admit the validity of our new-found convictions.

I do not think that I am ever overconfident. I am merely wholly confident, and I maintain that there is all the difference in the world there.

I have discovered that the world over, unusual weather prevails at all times of the year.

If you write one story, it may be bad; if you write a hundred, you have the odds in your favor.

I loathed poverty and I would have liked to put my hands on the party who said that poverty is an honorable estate. It is an indication of inefficiency and nothing more. There is nothing honorable or fine about it.