Government in the U.S. today is a senior partner in every business in the country.

He who keeps his cool best wins.

Time given to thought is the greatest time saver of all.

I have learned never to underestimate the capacity of the human mind and body to regenerate - even when prospects seem most wretched. The life force may be the least understood force on earth.

The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it within his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter.

The essence of man is imperfection. Failure is simply a price we pay to achieve success. If we learn to embrace that new definition of failure, then we are free to start moving ahead - and failing forward.

The one thing I have learned about editing over the years is that you have to edit and publish out of your own tastes, enthusiasms, and concerns, and not out of notions or guesswork about what other people might like to read.