There are no insoluble problems. Only time-consuming ones.

A poet sees things in two ways: First, as a child who never saw it before, and Second, as a dying man who will never see it again.

It was the silent time before dawn, along the shores of what had been one of the most beautiful lakes in southern Africa.

A writer can make a fortune in America, but he can't make a living.

I wondered how a man ever got an English girl into bed. What did they do with her hockey stick?

I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter.

I kept careful record of the impact of religion on the election in my county. The religious issue permeated every meeting I conducted. It influenced Republicans and Democrats alike. Ministers preached politics publicly and churches distributed the most vicious electioneering materials. Practically no one I met escaped the pressure of this overriding problem and both parties were ultimately forced to make their major calculations with the religious question a foremost consideration.