When you consider the opportunity and power He had to really do a job, and then look at the stupid, ugly little mess He made of it instead, His sheer incompetence is almost staggering.

I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private individuals.

In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.

There was only one catch and that was catch 22

I could not write about a subject sacred to me because I would be too flippant. Fortunately, there are no subjects sacred to me.

I had examined myself pretty thoroughly and discovered that I was unfit for military service.

I don't think the 'what' distinguishes a good novel from a bad one but rather the 'how.'