A book is never finished; it's abandoned.

I will be brief. Not nearly so brief as Salvador Dali, who gave the world's shortest speech. He said I will be so brief I have already finished, and he sat down.

What is success? It is a toy balloon among children armed with pins.

Everyone needs a warm personal enemy or two to keep him free from rust in the movable parts of his mind

Sometimes I think my writing sounds like I walked out of the room and left the typewriter running.

It is no disgrace to rest a bit.

Never thank anybody for anything, except a drink of water in the desert -and then make it brief.