Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place then come down and shoot the survivors.

What I learned constructive about women, not just ethics like never blame them if they pox you because somebody poxed them and lots of times they don't even know they have it — that's in the first reader for squares — is, no matter how they get, always think of them the way they were on the best day they ever had.

I have noticed that doctors who fail in the practice of medicine have a tendency to seek one another's company and aid in consultation.

Writing is a hard business...but nothing makes you feel better.

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

You could omit anything if you knew that the omitted part would strengthen the short story and make people feel something more than they understood

If the wind rises it can push us against the flood when it comes.