I don't believe in writer's block or waiting for inspiration. If you're a writer, you sit down and write.

I spent most of my dough on booze, broads and boats and the rest I wasted.

My most important piece of advice to all you would-be writers: When you write, try to leave out all the parts readers skip.

If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it. Or, if proper usage gets in the way, it may have to go. I can't allow what we learned in English composition to disrupt the sound and rhythm of the narrative.

The line of dialogue belongs to the character; the verb is the writer sticking his nose in.

What do you tell a man with two black eyes? Nothing, he's already been told twice.

It doesn't have to make sense, it just has to sound like it does.

Using adverbs is a mortal sin.

At the time I begin writing a novel, the last thing I want to do is follow a plot outline. To know too much at the start takes the pleasure out of discovering what the book is about.

Try not to write the parts that people skip.

All the information you need can be given in dialogue.

Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead.

Your commitment to follow God's plan makes a difference in the atmosphere in your home and improves the climate of your marriage.

It's always hard to explain why an audience ultimately responds to a movie.

I'm the diamond in the dirt, that ain't been found. I'm the underground king and I ain't been crowned.

May the time come when rich men and great men would think it an honor to support whole stations of missionaries in Africa, instead of spending their money on hounds and horses.

Oh, I can't describe my home. It is home, and I can't put its charm into words

Lovers of Norfolk churches can never agree which is the best and I think one is either a Salle or a Cawston man.

The only thing I can say is consistent in all my paintings is vivid color.

In the zazen posture, your mind and body have, great power to accept things as they are, whether agreeable or disagreeable.

Some intelligence officers filed reports saying that this is a dangerous group, but at one level it was not forwarded, it was just ignored.