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.

Shrapnel was invented by an Englishman of the same name. Don't you wish you could have something named after you?

Never have I risked my life, or even my comfort, in the service of mankind. Shame on me.

Novelists have, on the average, about the same IQs as the cosmetic consultants at Bloomingdale’s department store. Our power is patience. We have discovered that writing allows even a stupid person to seem halfway intelligent, if only that person will write the same thought over and over again, improving it just a little bit each time. It is a lot like inflating a blimp with a bicycle pump. Anybody can do it. All it takes is time.

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

Nobody will stop you from creating. Do it tonight. Do it tomorrow. That is the way to make your soul grow.

I found me a place where I can do good without doing any harm, and I can see I'm doing good, and them I'm doing good for know I'm doing it, and they love me, Unk, as best they can. I found me a home.