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

Why may not the Bible and especially the New Testament be read and taught as a divine revelation in school? Where else can the purest principles of morality be learned so clearly or so perfectly as from the New Testament?

The best way to become a successful writer is to read good writing, remember it, and then forget where you remember it from.

News is history shot on the wing. The huntsmen from the Fourth Estate seek to bag only the peacock or the eagle of the swifting day.

It is no disgrace to rest a bit.

Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.

Don't be dismayed by the opinions of editors, or critics. They are only the traffic cops of the arts.