Hope, and hopelessness, persist despite the facts.

To understand someone, find out how he spends his money.

Courage, determination, and hard work are all very nice, but not so nice as an oil well in the back yard.

Writers mean more than they say and say more than they mean.

At sixty, I know little more about wisdom than I did at thirty, but I know a great deal more about folly.

Creativity makes a leap, then looks to see where it is.

Lead the reader toward the thought, then stop a little short.