Every man feels that his experience is unlike that of anybody else and therefore he should write it down-- he finds also that everybody else has thought and felt on some points precisely as he has done, and therefore he should write it down.

When you catch an adjective, kill it - perhaps the best possible advice for budding writers.

Good wine needs no bush; a jug is the thing.

When someone dies, it is like when your house burns down; it isn't for years that you realize the full extent of your loss.

There will never be a "perfect" time to quit smoking. A time when you don't have any distractions or stress... If you had started today one year ago, this would not even be an issue for you today! Don't waste another year!

I don't see any use in having a uniform and arbitrary way of spelling words. We might as well make all clothes alike and cook all dishes alike. Sameness is tiresome; variety is pleasing.

Religion consists in a set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain of.