The frog is almost five hundred million years old. Could you really say with much certainty that America, with all its strength and prosperity, with its fighting man that is second to none, and with its standard of living that is highest in the world, will last as long as...the frog?

I write longhand and I type and I rewrite on the typed pages.

Fortunately, just when things were blackest, the war broke out.

Be glad you're even alive.' Be furious you're going to die.

Nately had a bad start. He came from a good family.

I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.

There's a rule saying I have to ground anyone who's crazy ... There's a catch. Catch-22. Anyone who wants to get out of combat duty isn't really crazy.