Some day some one will write a book about that frantic search of the creative worker for silence and freedom, not only from interruption but from the fear of interruption.

there comes a time when ambition ceases to burn, or romance to stir, and the highest cry of the human heart is for peace.

Old men make wars that young men may die.

It's the safety valve of middle life, and the solace of age.

Every crucial experience can be regarded either as a setback, or the start of a wonderful new adventure, it depends on your perspective!

Of one thing the reader can be certain: the more easily anything reads, the harder it has been to write.

The writing career is not a romantic one. The writer's life may be colorful, but his work itself is rather drab.