It is better to fear a little. One is cautious then.

Once you have read a book you care about, some part of it is always with you.

I do not believe writers should read reviews of their own books, and I do not. If one is not careful one is soon writing to please reviewers and not their audience or themselves.

I do not like violence, but ours is a violent time, and there are some men who understand nothing else.

It is better to have no emotion when it is work. Do what needs to be done, and do it coolly.

Knowledge was not meant to be locked behind doors. It breathes best in the open air where all men can inhale its essence.

A true gentleman is at a disadvantage in dealing with women. Women are realists, and their tactics are realistic, so no man should be a gentleman where women are concerned unless the women are very, very old or very, very young. Women admire gentlemen, and sleep with cads.