It ain't the roads we take; it's what's inside of us that makes us turn out the way we do.

Hospitality in the prairie country is not limited. Even if your enemy passes your way, you must feed him before you shoot him.

History is bright and fiction dull with homely men who have charmed women.

There is a saying that no man has tasted the full flavor of life until he has known poverty, love, and war.

All of us have to be prevaricators, hypocrites, and liars every day of our lives; otherwise the social structure would fall into pieces the first day. We must act in one another's presence just as we must wear clothes. It is for the best

I'll give you the whole secret to short story writing. Here it is. Rule 1: Write stories that please yourself. There is no Rule 2.

I'll give you the sole secret of short-story writing, and here it is: Rule 1. Write stories that please yourself. There is no rule 2. The technical points you can get from Bliss Perry. If you can't write a story that pleases yourself, you will never please the public. But in writing the story forget the public.