I would not be interested in writing if I didn't feel that what I wrote was an act of good citizenship or an attempt, at any rate, to be a good citizen.

America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves.

I couldn't help wondering if that was what God put me on Earth for--to find out how much a man could take without breaking.

. . . but the Universe is an awfully big place. There is room enough for an awful lot of people to be right about things and still not agree.

When a man becomes a writer, I think he takes on a sacred obligation to produce beauty and enlighenment and comfort at top speed

Unhappy failures need not apply.

I am the victim of a fortunate series of accidents.