News is history shot on the wing.

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.

Every man should be allowed to love two cities, his own and San Francisco

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

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.

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

A book is never finished; it's abandoned.