The writer in America isn't part of the culture of this country. He's like a fine dog. People like him around, but he's of no use.

The books I read are the ones I knew and loved when I was a young man and to which I return as you do to old friends.

Believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail.

He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.

Men have been pacifists for every reason under the sun except to avoid danger and fighting.

Success is feminine and like a woman, if you cringe before her, she will override you

I could smell the curves of the river beyond the dusk and I saw the last light supine and tranquil upon tideflats like pieces of broken mirror, then beyond them lights began in the pale clear air, trembling a little like butterflies hovering a long way off.