What people speak of as adventure is something nobody in his right mind would seek out, and it becomes romantic only when one is safely at home.

You stick your finger in the water and you pull it out, and that is how much of a hole you leave when you're gone.

A ship does not sail with yesterday's wind.

Actors, politicians, and writers-all of us are but creatures of the hour. Long-lasting fame comes to but few.

Historical novels are, without question, the best way of teaching history, for they offer the human stories behind the events and leave the reader with a desire to know more.

The wind was cold off the mountains and I was a naked man with enemies behind me, and nothing before me but hope.

What a man wants to do he generally can do, if he wants to badly enough.