Rampaging horsemen can conquer; only the city can civilize.

I had been educated with free scholarships. I went to nine different universities, always at public expense, and when you have that experience, you are almost obligated to give it back. It's as simple as that.

I was a Navy officer writing about Navy problems and I simply stole this lovely Army nurse and popped her into a Navy uniform, where she has done very well for herself.

As a younger man I wrote for eight years without ever earning a nickel which is a long apprenticeship, but in that time I learned a lot about my trade.

No idea is ever dead until those who believe in it say it's dead.

First buy a cowboy hat and boots. Then you're on your way to being a Texan.

I never wrote anything that was published until I was forty.