It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.

Saints can spring from any soil.

Give a critic an inch, he'll write a play.

I don’t mind getting smacked on the chin. I just don’t want to get nibbled to death. There’s a difference.

Maybe-- maybe love makes you suspicious and doubting. Is it true that when you love a woman you are never sure-- never sure of her because you aren't sure of yourself?

Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.

I wish to God I knew as much about writing as I did when I was 19. I was absolutely certain about most things then. Also, I suspect, more accurate.