Have common sense and stick to the point.

A good story is obviously a difficult thing to invent, but its difficulty is a poor reason for despising it.

The best style is the style you don't notice.

The humorist has a good eye for the humbug; he does not always recognize the saint.

Art for art's sake makes no more sense than gin for gin's sake.

When you're eighteen your emotions are violent, but they're not durable.

Marco Polo tells the tale of The Old Man in the Mountains and how he recruits new members to his Band of Assassins by means of drugs, beautiful women, lush gardens, and religious promises. The unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.