Ordinarily he was insane, but he had lucid moments when he was merely stupid.
Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.
Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.
There isn?t much better in this life than finding a way to spend a few hours in conversation with people you respect and love. You have to carve this time out of your life because you aren?t really living without it.
A tactical retreat is not a bad response to a surprise assault, you know. First you survive. Then you choose your own ground. Then you counterattack.
A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon it adds up to real money.
Vigorous writing is concise.
Your parents, they give you your life, but then they try to give you their life.