The highest possible form of treason is to say that Americans aren’t loved wherever they go, whatever they do.

The worst thing that could possibly happen to anybody would be to not be used for anything by anybody. Thank you for using me, even though I didn't want to be used by anybody.

If you would be unloved and forgotten, be reasonable.

No art is possible without a dance with death.

He did not think of himself as a writer for the simple reason that the world had never allowed him to think of himself in this way.

If you make people laugh or cry about little black marks on sheets of white paper, what is that but a practical joke? All the great story lines are great practical jokes that people fall for over and over again.

Take life seriously but none of the people in it.