Worry destroys the ability to write. Ill health is bad in the ratio that it produces worry which attacks your subconscious and destroys your nerves.

All bad writers are in love with the epic.

This was the price you paid for sleeping together. This was the end of the trap. This was what people got for loving each other.

To be a successful father... there's one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don't look at it for the first two years.

He saw the girl watching him and he smiled at her. It was an old smile that he had been using for fifty years, ever since he first smiled.

There were many words that you could not stand to hear and finally only the names of places had dignity. Abstract words such as glory, honor, courage, or hallow were obscene.

Only that which makes you feel bad after doing is immoral.