Most people never listen.

When you have shot one bird flying you have shot all birds flying. They are all different and they fly in different ways but the sensation is the same and the last one is as good as the first.

I do not know what I thought Paris would be like, but it was not that way. It rained nearly every day.

No; that doesn't interest me.' 'That's because you never read a book about it.

The writer's job is to tell the truth.

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

Eschew the monumental. Shun the Epic. All the guys who can paint great big pictures can paint great small ones.