I have told many, yet when I go down that last trail, I know there will be a thousand stories hammering at my skull, demanding to be told.

There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.

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

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.

A television picture or a movie might be lost forever, but your book is waiting.

Adventure is nothing but a romantic name for trouble.

One learns to adapt to the land in which one lives.