As a writer, you should not judge, you should understand.

Oh, now, now, now, the only now, and above all now, and there is no other now but thou now and now is thy prophet.

I know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated its complete abolition, as its very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a method of settling international disputes.

You're not a moron. You're only a case of arrested development.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

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.

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