Mistakes are inevitable in aviation, especially when one is still learning new things. The trick is to not make the mistake that will kill you.

The irony of the information age is that it lends credibility to uninformed opinion.

All really great flying adventures begin at dawn.

Flight is romance - not in the sense of sexual attraction, but as an experience that enriches life.

With the stick in my right hand, the throttle in my left, and the rudder beneath my feet, I can savor that essence from which life is made.

Here you are truly separate from the earth, at least for a little while, removed from the cares and concerns that occupy you on the ground.

Airplanes are like women - pick what you like and try to get it away from the guy who has it, then dress it out to the limit of your wallet and taste.

It's the most exciting thing you have ever done with your pants on!

The hard, inescapable reality is that anyone who flies may die in an airplane.

The most crucial thing is to learn the craft: how to string sentences together, how to make your dialogue sound like real people, how to properly pace a story, how to develop interesting characters.

A little mountain will kill you just as dead as a big one if you fly into it.

Love is the best weapon.

I do not want horses or diamonds - I am happy in possessing you.

My inspiration are the woman, friendship, and loneliness.

America is a constipated nation.... If you pass small stools, you have to have large hospitals.

Disputes among natural philosophers are of use to science, as the quarrels of the great, and the clamors of the little, are necessary to freedom of thought and the advancement of learning.

A man's wealth is measured by what he doesn't need.

I'm just like my country. I'm young, scrappy and hungry.

I've learnt that there's nothing in my day to day life or anything that I do that is in any way aimed at changing how I'm perceived or how I'm presented; it's completely impossible.

I have always found the female of the human species many times more difficult to understand than the male.

You cannot improve your future if you are not willing to try something new and risk making mistakes and learning from them