A lot of people enjoy being dead. But they are not dead, really. They're just backing away from life.

Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by use.

Do people get moral when they don't get ahead?

Courage is like a strain of yoghurt culture, if you have some you can have some more.

Pan me, don't give me the part, publish everybody's book but this one and I will still make it!

A lot of people enjoy being dead. But they are not dead, really. They're just backing away from life.

Life is getting through the moment. The philosopher William James says to cultivate the cheerful attitude. Now nobody had more trouble than he did -- except me. I had more trouble in my life than anybody. But your first big trouble can be a bonanza if you live through it. Get through the first trouble, you'll probably make it through the next one.