I am simply impressed by the unexpected insights which shower down on me when my job is to imagine, as contrasted with the woodenly familiar ideas which clutter my desk when my job is to tell the truth.
It is almost always a mistake to mention Abraham Lincoln. He always steals the show.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
There is nothing left of him but curiosity and a pair of eyes.
Please — a little less love, and a little more common decency.
Did you ever admire an empty-headed writer for his or her mastery of the language? No. So your own winning style must begin with ideas in your head.