The war between being and nothingness is the underlying illness of the twentieth century. Boredom slays more of existence than war.

You're gambling with something vital. Most writers get smashed egos.

We love those who can lead us to a place we will never reach without them.

There are two kinds of brave men: those who are brave by the grace of nature, and those who are brave by an act of will.

The great power in America is the corporations - we`re a corporate country. We`re run by a CEO and the stockholders have very little to say on how the corporation is run. Fine, the board of directors run it and the stockholders can just be disgruntled, but who gives a damn?

A nation fights well in proportion to the amount of men and materials it has. And the other equation is that the individual soldier in that army is a more effective soldier the poorer his standard of living has been in the past.

The mark of mediocrity is to look for precedent.