I suppose that people, using themselves and each other so much by words, are at least consistent in attributing wisdom to a still tongue.

The writer's only responsibility is to his art...If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate; the 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' is worth any number of old ladies.

Gough never pretended to perfection or to sainthood - well, hardly ever. Although when he set off the metal detector at airport security, he would blame his aura.

I discovered that my own little postage stamp of native soil was worth writing about and that I would never live long enough to exhaust it.

To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow.

Setting an example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age Conditions are never just right. People who delay action until all factors are favorable do nothing.

The writer has three sources: imagination, observation, and experience