Knowing who you are is good for one generation only. You haven't the foggiest idea where you stand now or who you are

Go warn the children of God of the terrible speed of mercy.

...I have to write to discover what I am doing. Like the old lady, I don't know so well what I think until I see what I say; then I have to say it again.

It's easier to bleed than sweat, Mr. Motes.

The mind serves best when it's anchored in the Word of God. There is no danger then of becoming an intellectual without integrity.

Technique in the minds of many is something rigid, something like a formula that you impose on the material; but in the best stories it is something organic, something that grows out of the material, and this being the case, it is different for every story of any account that has ever been written.

He and the girl had almost nothing to say to each other. One thing he did say was, 'I ain't got any tattoo on my back.' 'What you got on it?' the girl said. 'My shirt,' Parker said. 'Haw.' 'Haw, haw,' the girl said politely.