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

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.

He has a profound respect for old age. Especially when it's bottled.

It is no disgrace to rest a bit.

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.

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