Abandon the idea that you are ever going to finish. Lose track of the 400 pages and write just one page a day, it helps. Then when it gets finished, you are always surprised.

Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.

And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.

What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.

I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.

When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you've got two new people.

Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.

If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.

Vanity does not pay the bills.

Stick to what you know and always be true to yourself. If you do that, your writing will be true, also.

It is at the edge of intelligence that wisdom awaits.

Always remember that the lessons you learn in life are never meant just for you. They are like all our gifts, they are meant to be used and shared, never horded and hidden.

To hell, allegiance! Vows, to the blackest devil!Conscience and grace, to the profoundest pit!I dare damnation

Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves.

Liberty begets license.

Congealed thinking is the forerunner of failure... make sure you are always receptive to new ideas.

Large swaths of what we now regard as basic medical knowledge came originally from naturalists.

True wisdom comes from the overcoming of suffering and sin. All true wisdom is therefore touched with sadness.