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

One day I was speeding along at the typewriter, and my daughter - who was a child at the time - asked me, "Daddy, why are you writing so fast?" And I replied, "Because I want to see how the story turns out!

To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.

The only power source a book needs is you. If you have to leave for a few minutes you have not lost the story. It is waiting for you when you return. You can pick up a book and resume reading at any time, after a few minutes, a few days, even a few years. A television picture or a movie might be lost forever, but your book is waiting.

Actually, all education is self-education. A teacher is only a guide, to point out the way, and no school, no matter how excellent, can give you education. What you receive is like the outlines in a child’s coloring book. You must fill in the colors yourself.

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

A man can learn a lot if he listens, and if I didn't learn anything else I was learning how much I didn't know.