If it weren't for the message of mercy and pity in Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, I wouldn't want to be a human being. I would just as soon be a rattlesnake.

Nothing in this book is true.

There were creative-writin g teachers long before there were creative-writin g courses, and they were called and continue to be called editors.

Some persons seem to like you, and others seem to hate you, and you must wonder why. They are simply liking machines and hating machines.

The primary benefit of practicing any art, whether well or badly, is that it enables one's soul to grow.

You know what truth is? [...] It's some crazy thing my neighbor believes. If I want to make friends with him, I ask him what he believes. He tells me, and I say, "Yeah, yeah - ain't it the truth?

If I am ever put to death on the hook, expect a very human performance.