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?

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

A man who makes a one-dollar profit on his expense account is dishonest. A man who loses five cents on one is a damned fool.

It is no disgrace to rest a bit.

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

An editor should have a pimp for a brother so he'd have someone to look up to.

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