A cowboy is a farm boy in leather britches and a comical hat.

I've never yet read a review of one of my own books that I couldn't have written much better myself.

The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals.

When the writer has done his best, he then should proceed to do his second best.

I must confess that I know nothing whatsoever about true underlying reality, never having met any.

Every important change in our society, for the good, at least, has taken place because of popular pressure-pressure from below, from the great mass of people.

We should restore the practice of dueling. It might improve manners around here.