If a man ordered a beer milk shake, he thought, he'd better do it in a town where he wasn't known.

In my heart there may be doubt that I deserve the Nobel award over other men of letters whom I hold in respect and reverence, but there is no question of my pleasure and pride in having it for myself.

Ah, the prayers of the millions, how they must fight and destroy each other on their way to the throne of God.

I guess there are never enough books.

Pictures... are also opinions... [they] set down what the camera operator sees and he sees what he wants to see and what he loves and hates and pities and is proud of.

Like most modern people, I don't believe in prophecy or magic and then spend half my time practicing it.

A kind of second childhood falls on so many men. They trade their violence for the promise of a small increase of life span. In effect, the head of the house becomes the youngest child.