A man can go along obeying all the rules and then it don't matter a damn anymore.

That's all we have, finally, the words, and they had better be the right ones.

I dressed and went for a walk - determined not to return until I took in what Nature had to offer.

Anyone can express himself or herself, but what writers and poets want to do in their work, more than simply express themselves, is communicate.

When a reader finishes a wonderful story and lays it aside, he should have to pause for a minute and collect himself.

Honey, no offense, but sometimes I think I could shoot you and watch you kick.

There was a time when I thought I loved my first wife more than life itself. But now I hate her guts. I do. How do you explain that? What happened to that love? What happened to it, is what I'd like to know. I wish someone could tell me.