there is no truly honest autobiography.

I hate those men who would send into war youth to fight and die for them; the pride and cowardice of those old men, making their wars that boys must die.

[The writer] wants both to do the best possible work and also to reach the largest possible audience. The result is a fairly normal condition of discouragement.

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 is only in his head that man is heroic; in the pit of his stomach he is always a coward.

McKnight is gradually taking over the criminal end of the business.