Nothing goes further toward a man's liberation than the act of surviving his need for character.

It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their conviction. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their convictions.

Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope.

I have one head that wants to be good, And one that wants to be bad. And always, as soon as I get up, One of my heads is sad.

Within a single scene, it seems to be unwise to have access to the inner reflections of more than one character. The reader generally needs a single character as the means of perception, as the character to whom the events are happening, as the character with whom he is to empathize in order to have the events of the writing happen to him.

The public library is the most dangerous place in town

Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea.