A little rest and meditation often saves a lot of riding over rough country.

Books are the building blocks of civilization, for without the written word, a man knows nothing beyond what occurs during his own brief years and, perhaps, in a few tales his parents tell him.

A body shouldn't heed what might be. He's got to do with what is.

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

I do not think much of ages. People are people. What does it matter how old or young they are? It is a category, and I do not like categories. It is a sort of pigeonhole or a label.

Everyone has it within his power to say, this I am today, that I shall be tomorrow.

Do not let yourself be bothered by the inconsequential. One has only so much time in this world, so devote it to the work and the people most important to you, to those you love and things that matter. One can waste half a lifetime with people one doesn't really like, or doing things when one would be better off somewhere else.