History must repeat itself because we pay such little attention to it the first time.

If you bet on a horse, that's gambling. If you bet you can make three spades, that's entertainment. If you bet cotton will go up three points, that's business. See the difference?

He has everything a boxer needs except speed, stamina, a punch, and ability to take punishment. In other words, he owns a pair of shorts.

Politics is a mirror with an untamed tongue

If you women continue to demand your choice to work, you will so upset the economy of this country that the time will come when you will not have a choice. You will have to work.

There is no "right" way--only the way that is put before you.

I know from my own experience that suicide is not what it seems. Too easy to try to piece together the fragmented life. The spirit torn in bits so that the body follows.

We should always look back on our own past with a sort of contempt, as long as the tenderness is there - but please let some of the contempt be there.

My writing has always been met with derision or dismissal.

Resist. Unlearn. Defy.

The story of humans is the story of ideas that shine light into dark corners.

I'm always telling myself as I write that I'm not really writing a novel; I'm just going to fool around with a character or an idea.

The sign of a person who has had an education is good manners.