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.

A mistake constantly made by those who should know better is to judge people of the past by our standards rather than their own. The only way men or women can be judged is against the canvas of their own time.

Too often I would hear men boast of the miles covered that day, rarely of what they had seen.

A writer's brain is like a magician's hat. If you're going to get anything out of it, you have to put something in it first.

Caution always, but when a man acts he should act suddenly and with decision.

I'm like a big old hen. I can't cluck too long about the egg I've just laid because I've got 5 more inside me pushing to get out.

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.