Fascism will come to America wrapped in a flag.
Winter is not a season, it's an occupation.
Don't be a writer. Writing is an escape from something. You be a scientist.
Being a man given to oratory and high principles, he enjoyed the sound of his own vocabulary and the warmth of his own virtue.
Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country.
Writers have a rare power not given to anyone else: we can bore people long after we are dead.