The American people are not cowardly. But, living in prosperous isolation, they have been the spoiled children of modern history.

The American people are not cowardly. But, living in prosperous isolation, they have been the spoiled children of modern history.

The only true non-conformists are in the asylums; the only radically free spirits are in the death house awaiting the chair. We live by patterns.

The President has a quick and able mind, though not everybody gives him that, not by a long shot.

A writer is nothing but a gray dirt-covered root. The works he sends up into the sunlight are his fruits, and only those are worthy of attention.

I try to write a certain amount each day, five days a week. A rule sometimes broken is better than no rule.

The door available to everyone that can lead to happiness & success is the modest door of the public library. I found it to be so in my own life and work.