I ain't never seen no head so level that it could bear the lettin' in of politics.

Nothing, except the weather report or a general maxim of conduct, is so unsafe to rely upon as a theory of fiction.

... the novel, as a living force, if not as a work of art, owes an incalculable debt to what we call, mistakenly, the new psychology, to Freud, in his earlier interpretations, and more truly, I think, to Jung.

Give the young half a chance and they will create their own future, they will even create their own heaven and earth.

a successful politician does not have convictions; he has emotions.

The only difference between a rut and a grave are the dimensions.

Too much principle is often more harmful than too little.