All a writer's characters are imaginary, no matter whether they are based on real people or not. They are people as one imagines them to be.

We are responsible for actions performed in response to circumstances for which we are not responsible.

Blunders are an inescapable feature of war, because choice in military affairs lies generally between the bad and the worse.

Do you know what a soldier is, young man? He's the chap who makes it possible for civilized folk to despise war.

Most of the people in the world are good and decent if you give them a chance to be.

I like to be at home because I just travel so much. I have four dogs, golden retrievers.

Anybody can say they want to be the greatest ever. I take pride in it. If you're around me long enough and watch me work, that's what I'm striving for. I won't stop until I am.

When I write, I enjoy myself so much that what is being written really needs no reader

To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gifts - absolute gifts - which have not been acquired by one's own effort. And, moreover, to succeed, the artist much possess the courageous soul.

I never think that there's something I can't do, whether it's beating my opponent one on one or practicing another hour because something about my game is just not right.

Life, nature and God always answer, 'Yes,' to you. What are you asking for?

You were never able to break her. She is the stone of this kingdom.

The poorest experience is rich enough for all the purposes of expressing thought

See yourself living in a new body. Hopeful = recovery. Happy = happier biochemistry. Stress degrades the bod.