Editing should be, especially in the case of old writers, a counselling rather than a collaborating task. The tendency of the writer-editor to collaborate is natural, but he should say to himself, 'How can I help this writer to say it better in his own style?' and avoid 'How can I show him how I would write it, if it were my piece?'

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.

But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep?

You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.

Remember laughter. You'll need it even in the blessed isles of Ever After.

Americans want to go to heaven without dying.

Women deserve to have more than 12 years between 28 and 40.