The sea is the same as it has been since before men ever went on it in boats.

All you need to do is write truly and not care about what the fate of it is.

The fools think I am writing algebra but what I am really writing is geometry.

The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed.

All a man has is pride. Sometimes you have it so much it is a sin. We have all done things for pride that we knew were impossible. We didn't care. But a man must implement his pride with intelligence and care.

Take a good rest, small bird," he said. "Then go in and take your chance like any man or bird or fish.

They say the seeds of what we will do are in all of us, but it always seemed to me that in those who make jokes in life the seeds are covered with better soil and with a higher grade of manure.