War and drink are the two things man is never too poor to buy.

Like a fellow running from or toward a gun ain't got time to worry whether the word for what he is doing is courage or cowardice.

It begins with a character, usually, and once he stands up on his feet and begins to move, all I can do is trot along behind him with a paper and pencil trying to keep up long enough to put down what he says and does.

Every man has a different idea of what's beautiful, and it's best to take the gesture, the shadow of the branch, and let the mind create the tree.

And even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as honest man can be tortured into telling a lie.

She clung to that which had robbed her, as people do.

Let the writer take up surgery or bricklaying if he is interested in technique.