The Apache don't have a word for love," he said. "Know what they both say at the marriage? The squaw-taking ceremony?" "Tell me." "Varlebena. It means forever. That's all they say.

To die is nothing. One is here, one is no longer here. It is only at the end one must be able to say 'I was a man'.

A man who says he has never been scared is either lying or else he's never been any place or done anything.

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.

The thieves and killers are goin' to have guns, so if the honest men don't have 'em they just make it easier for the vicious.

If you wait for inspiration, you're not a writer, but a waiter.

No matter how much I admire our schools, I know that no university exists that can provide an education; what a university can provide is an outline, to give the learner a direction and guidance. The rest one has to do for oneself.