Great literature must spring from an upheaval in the author's soul. If that upheaval is not present then it must come from the works of any other author which happens to be handy and easily adapted.

There is no doubt that every healthy, normal boy...should own a dog at some time in his life, preferably between the ages of forty-five and fifty.

The Great Arizona Desert is full of the bleaching bones of people who waited for me to start something.

Work is a form of nervousness.

A man may take care of a furnace for twenty-five years and still forget to duck his head when he starts going down the cellar stairs.

Sheer madness is, of course, the highest possible brow in humor.

I do most of my work sitting down; that's where I shine.