I have spent too much of my life opening doors for cats—I once calculated that, since the dawn of civilization, nine hundred and seventy-eight man-centuries have been used up that way. I could show you figures.

Take big bites. Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.

They didn't want it good, they wanted it Wednesday.

I never do anything I don't want to do. Nor does anyone, but in my case I am always aware of it.

Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards.

Minimize your therbligs until it becomes automatic; this doubles your effective lifetime - and thereby gives time to enjoy butterflies and kittens and rainbows.

Who is more real? Homer or Ulysses? Shakespeare or Hamlet? Burroughs or Tarzan?