Somebody just back of you while you are fishing is as bad as someone looking over your shoulder while you write a letter to your girl.

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.

Drinking is a way of ending the day.

Go all the way with it. Do not back off. For once, go all the goddamn way with what matters.

They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.

The great thing is to last and get your work done and see and hear and learn and understand; and write when there is something that you know; and not before, and not too damned much after.

Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready.