...as all souls are equal before their Maker, a two inch putt counts the same as a 250 yard drive. There is a comedy in this and a certain unfairness even, which makes golf an even apter mirror of reality.

Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went.

What you haven't done by thirty you're not likely to do. What you have done you'll do lots more.

To be President of the United States, sir, is to act as advocate for a blind, venomous, and ungrateful client.

Time is our element, not a mistaken invader.

I really don't want to encourage young writers. Keep them down and out and silent is my motto.

The measure of artistic merit is the length to which a writer is willing to go in following his own compulsions.