Night life is when everybody says what the hell and you do not remember who paid the bill.

If you're looking for messages, try Western Union.

Never write about a place until you're away from it, because it gives you perspective. Immediately after you've seen something you can give a photographic description of it and make it accurate. That's good practice, but it isn't creative writing.

The educated man is the man who can do something. The quality of his work marks the degree of his education.

I wish I could write well enough to write about aircraft. Faulkner did it very well in Pylon but you cannot do something someone else has done though you might have done it if they hadn't.

I still need more healthy rest in order to work at my best. My health is the main capital I have and I want to administer it intelligently.

Never write about a place until you're away from it, because that gives you perspective