violence is an evil thing, but when the guns are all in the hands of the men without respect for human rights, then men are really in trouble.

Being scared can keep a man from getting killed, and often makes a better fighter out of him.

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.

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.

When feeding time comes around, there is nothing a hawk likes better than a nice, fat, peaceful dove.

If you want to be creative, go where your questions lead you.

The one law that does not change is that everything changes, and the hardship I was bearing today was only a breath away from the pleasures I would have tomorrow, and those pleasures would be all the richer because of the memories of this I was enduring.