If you stop complaining and asking for what you never will get, you will have a good life. A good life is not measured by any biblical span.

Listen," I told him. "Don't be so tough so early in the morning. I'm sure you've cut plenty of people's throats. I haven't even had my coffee yet.

The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.

Once writing has become your major vice and greatest pleasure only death can stop it. Financial security then is a great help as it keeps you from worrying.

Never confuse movement with action.

Before you quit, you have to try

I don't want to be your friend, baby. I am your friend.