Movies are more likely than literature to reach deep feelings in people.

Dying can't be all that difficult-up to now everyone has managed to do it.

Any war that requires the suspension of reason as a necessity for support is a bad war.

To be married to a good woman is to live with tender surprise.

Sex is not only a divine and beautiful activity; it's a murderous activity. People kill each other in bed. Some of the greatest crimes ever committed were committed in bed. And no weapons were used.

The art of the novel is to arrive at that artless point where your characters become more real than yourself.

The condition that is most disagreeable in your life becomes the most useful one. You know, I feel the same way about the U.S. Army. It was absolutely the worst experience of my life, and it was probably the single most valuable experience.