Never write about a place until you're away from it, because it gives you perspective. Immediately after you've seen something you can give a photographic description of it and make it accurate. That's good practice, but it isn't creative writing.

When you stop doing things for fun you might as well be dead.

The world is a fine place and worth the fighting for and I hate very much to leave it.

Most people never listen.

All you need to do is write truly and not care about what the fate of it is.

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.

That is what we are supposed to do when we are at our best - make it all up - but make it up so truly that later it will happen that way.