In writing ... remember that the biggest stories are not written about wars, or about politics, or even murders. The biggest stories are written about the things which draw human beings closer together.

Defeat furnishes good material to the poets and the artists, but none of us care to have the glory of the conquered apply to us.

Im an American. Weve translated democracy and brotherhood and equality into enterprise and opportunity and success - and thats getting Americanised.

Some days are happy days - of themselves, as if for their own sakes. They seem to be enjoying themselves, regardless of what use may be made of them.

Be the most you can be, so life will be more because you were.

Chicago is many things to many people, and to me, it is a place where you can write.

I am glad I worked on a newspaper because it made me know I had to write whether I felt like it or not.