He remembered poor Julian [actually F. Scott Fitzgerald] and his romantic awe of them and how he had started a story once that began, "The very rich are different from you and me." And how someone had said to Julian, "Yes, they have more money."

The most beautiful fighting machine I have ever seen

I am thee and thou art me and all of one is the other.

He was just a coward and that was the worst luck any many could have.

What is moral is what you feel good after.

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 when you are writing a novel you will never be stuck. That is the most valuable thing I can tell you so try to remember it.

The writer's job is to tell the truth.