Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.

You are the only one who gets to decide what you will be remembered for.

Believe in everything you do. Believe in your mistakes and grow from them.

People are going to judge you anyway, so you might as well do what you want.

If a man is to be obsessed by something, I suppose a boat is as good as anything, perhaps a bit better than most.

You're terrific as far as I am concerned.

Writing is both mask and unveiling.

When you say something, make sure you have said it. The chances of your having said it are only fair.

Well,” said Stuart, “a misspelled word is an abomination in the sight of everyone.

I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor. "Never worry about your heart till it stops beating.

There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.

Be obscure clearly! Be wild of tongue in a way we can understand.

Only a congenially self-centred person has the effrontery and the stamina to write essays.

Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car.

A poem compresses much in a small space and adds music, thus heightening its meaning.

I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.

We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry.

An editor is a person who knows more about writing than writers do but who has escaped the terrible desire to write.

There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another.