Our species is the only creative species, and it has only one creative instrument, the individual mind and spirit of man. Nothing was ever created by two men. There are no good collaborations, whether in music, in art, in poetry, in mathematics, in philosophy. Once the miracle of creation has taken place, the group can build and extend it, but the group never invents anything. The preciousness lies in the lonely mind of a man.

A dying organism is often observed to be capable of extraordinary endurance and strength. .. When any living organism is attacked, its whole function seems to aim towards reproduction.

Luck or tragedy, some people get runs. Then of course there are those who divide it even, good and bad, but we never hear of them. Such a life doesn't demand attention. Only the people who get the good or bad runs.

Best thing is to get the words down every day. And it is time to start now.

A man on a horse is spiritually, as well as physically, bigger then a man on foot.

Four hoarse blasts of a ship's whistle still raise the hair on my neck and set my feet to tapping.

Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard.