Listen now. When people talk listen completely. Don't be thinking what you're going to say. Most people never listen. Nor do they observe.

That every day should be a fiesta seemed to me a wonderful discovery.

Often a man wishes to be alone and a girl wishes to be alone too and if they love each other they are jealous of that in each other, but I can truly say we never felt that. We could feel alone when we were together, alone against the others. But we were never lonely and never afraid when we were together.

[Robert] Capa: He was a good friend and a great and very brave photographer. It is bad luck for everybody that the percentages caught up with him. It is especially bad for Capa. (On Capa's death in Vietnam, May, 27, 1954)

A writer is like a gypsy. He owes no allegiance to any government. If he is a good writer he will never like any government he lives under. His hand should be against it and its hand will always be against him.

Everything you have is to give. Thou art a phenomenon of philosophy and an unfortunate man.

Always stop for the day while you still know what will happen next.