Conversation in its true meaning isn't all wagging the tongue; sometimes it is a deeply shared silence.

A boy is a man in miniature, and though he may sometimes exhibit notable virtue, as well as characteristics that seem to be charming because they are childlike, he is also a schemer, self-seeker, traitor, Judas, crook, and villain - in short, a man.

To ask an author who hopes to be a serious writer if his work is autobiographical is like asking a spider where he buys his thread. The spider gets his thread right out of his own guts, and that is where the author gets his writing.

When a man is down on his luck he seems to consume all he can get of coffee and doughnuts.

Too much traffic with a quotation book begets a conviction of ignorance in a sensitive reader. Not only is there a mass of quotable stuff he never quotes, but an even vaster realm of which he has never heard.

In the end, it is upon the quality and commitment of individuals that all group movements depend.

Never harbor grudges; they sour your stomach and do no harm to anyone else.