The future is an opaque mirror. Anyone who tries to look into it sees nothing but the dim outlines of an old and worried face.

I can look at my books with pleasure from a distance. Four feet is close enough.

Nobody understands anyone 18, including those who are 18.

To have courage, one must first be afraid. The deeper the fear, the more difficult the climb toward courage.

The reporter is the daily prisoner of clocked facts. On all working days, he is expected to do his best in one swift swipe at each story.

A newspaper is lumber made malleable. It is ink made into words and pictures. It is conceived, born, grows up and dies of old age in a day.

A good writer is not, per se, a good book critic. No more so than a good drunk is automatically a good bartender.