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

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.

Perhaps no mightier conflict of mind occurs ever again in a lifetime than that first decision to unseat one's own tooth.

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

Men are not against you, they are merely for themselves.

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