There is nothing in the world like persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus.

To get the right word in the right place is a rare achievement.

A man who is not born with the novel-writing gift has a troublesome time of it when he tries to build a novel. I know this from experience. He has no clear idea of his story; in fact he has no story. He merely has some people in his mind, and an incident or two, also a locality, and he trusts he can plunge those people into those incidents with interesting results.

Never run after you own hat - others will be delighted to do it; why spoil their fun?

All I care to know about a man is that he is a human being... he can't be any worse.

One mustn't criticize other people on grounds where he can't stand perpendicular himself

Travel is fatal to bigotry.