Never mistake motive for action.

I always try to write on the principle of the iceberg. There is seven-eighths of it underwater for every part that shows.

Hesitation increases in relation to risk in equal proportion to age.

I do not think I had ever seen a nastier-looking man. Under the black hat, when I had first seen them, the eyes had been those of an unsuccessful rapist.

You never kill any one that you want to kill in a war, he said to himself.

I do not want you ever to initiate any action for any refunds of taxes without first consulting me and presenting the matter fully to me so that I may judge whether it is an honorable and ethical action to take, not simply legally, but according to my own personal standards.

But I think the Great DiMaggio would be proud of me today.