Who mentioned the Church? On the contrary, I have great respect for religion. My objection is to those who are against so many things and for so little.

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.

A ship does not sail with yesterday's wind.

It is not enough to do, one must also become. I wish to be wiser, stronger, better. This--" I held out my hands "--this thing that is me is incomplete. It is only the raw material with which I have to work. I want to make it better than I received it.

I wonder why it is the man who pleads for mercy never gives it.

One thing has always been true: That book or that person who can give me an idea or a new slant on an old idea is my friend.

A man can lose sight of everything else when he's bent on revenge, and it ain't worth it.