A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future.

The 20th century has been a badly written drama, from the beginning.

To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.

You can sit there, tense and worried, freezing the creative energies, or you can start writing something. It doesn't matter what. In five or ten minutes, the imagination will heat, the tightness will fade, and a certain spirit and rhythm will take over.

Inspiration is wonderful when it happens, but the writer must develop an approach for the rest of the time... The wait is simply too long.

I've been all over the world and I've never seen a statue of a critic.

From New Year's on the outlook brightens; good humor lost in a mood of failure returns. I resolve to stop complaining.