I was hoping to build a country and add to its literature. That's why I served in World War II, and that's why I wrote books.

As stupid and vicious as men are, this is a lovely day.

Having a yacht is a reason for being more cheerful than most.

I now believe that the only way in which Americans can rise above their ordinariness, can mature sufficiently to rescue themselves and to help rescue their planet, is through enthusiastic intimacy with works of their own imagination.

Man is vile, and man makes nothing worth making, knows nothing worth knowing.

Be patient, Ophelia. Love, Hamlet

I am better now. Word of honour: I am better now.