Really to succeed, we must give; of our souls to the soulless, of our love to the lonely, of our intelligence to the dull. Business is quite as much a process of giving as it is of getting.

Success is an absurd, erratic thing. She arrives when one least expects her and after she has come may depart again almost because of a whim.

Success of life depends upon keeping one's mind open to opportunity and seizing it when it comes.

There is romance in coffee. It comes from the ends of the earth, and goes to the far corners of man's habitation.

... the deep experience of the lonely climb on the mountain of success brings a wealth beyond power to compute. To you all suffering is understandable and your heart opens wide in sympathy.

One must eliminate the traditional and cling to the essential.

The small perplexities of small minds eddy and boil about you. Confident from the experience that has led you out of these same dangers, you attack each problem as it appears, unafraid.

for the poor the whole world is a self-constituted critic; your smallest action is open to debate. No secret place of your soul is safe from invasion.

Not only is orderliness an economy; it produces rest.

I simply don't believe in failure. In itself, it doesn't exist. We create it. We make ourselves fail.

In business everyone is out to grab, to fight, to win. Either you are the under or the over dog. It is up to you to be on top.

I don't believe that aliens exist, but I do believe that any new facts can strengthen foundation of my belief.

The war to preserve the privilege of mythmaking

I reckon responsible behavior is something to get when you grow older. Like varicose veins.

I mean it takes a certain kind of maturity to live in the South these days.

Although under particular circumstances, the violence method - any method - can be justified, nevertheless once you commit violence, then counterviolence will be returned.

If you go to church, and like the singing better than the preaching, that's not orthodox.

Once you learn what life is about, there is no way to erase that knowledge. If you try to do something else with your life, you will always sense that you are missing something

When you see something that is well-written, the actors can get behind it.

When the enemy advances, withdraw; when he stops, harass; when he tires, strike; when he retreats, pursue.

My dream has always been to suspend myself in space when I write, and lying horizontal in bed is the closest to doing that.