we would be together and have our books and at night be warm in bed together with the windows open and the stars bright.

The only thing that can spoil a day is people and if you can keep from making engagements, every day has no limits.

If the reader prefers, this book may be regarded as fiction. But there is always the chance that such a book of fiction may throw some light on what has been written as fact.

[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)

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.

No one you love is ever truly lost.

The best way is always to stop when you are going good and when you know what will happen next. If you do that every day ... you will never be stuck. Always stop while you are going good and don't think about it or worry about it until you start to write the next day. That way your subconscious will work on it all the time. But if you think about it consciously or worry about it you will kill it and your brain will be tired before you start.