That's the worst of a war--you have to go on hearing about it so long.

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.

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

They made small effort to cover their raw souls with the mantle of commonplace words.

I go about in the world - free, busy, happy. Among people, I have no time to think of myself.

It is through suppression that hells are formed in us.

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