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

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

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.

I regard the writing of humor as a supreme artistic challenge.

... a war always ends.

The Navy is a master plan designed by geniuses for execution by idiots. If you're not an idiot, but find yourself in the Navy, you can only operate well by pretending to be one.

About the nicest thing God ever invented was alcohol. He's proud of it, too. The Bible's full of kind remarks about booze.