Government is either organized benevolence or organized madness; its peculiar magnitude permits no shading.

Being a famous writer is a little like being a tall dwarf. You're on the edge of normality.

You always find things you didn't know you were going to say, and that is the adventure.

The essential support and encouragement comes from within, arising out of the mad notion that your society needs to know what only you can tell it.

The great thing about the dead, they make space.

An American in London...cannot but be impressed and charmed by the city. The momumentality of Washington, the thriving business of New York, the antique intimacy of Boston, plus a certain spacious and open feeling reminiscent of Denver and San Francisco-all these he finds combined for his pleasure.

Try to develop actual work habits, and even though you have a busy life, try to reserve an hour, say - or more - a day to write. Some very good things have been written on an hour a day.