The danger of censorship in cultural media increases in proportion to the degree to which one approaches the winning of a mass audience.

If you let conditions stop you from working, they'll always stop you.

America is so vast that almost everything said about it is likely to be true, and the opposite is probably equally true.

Neither man nor God is going to tell me what to write.

Studs Lonigan, on the verge of fifteen, and wearing his first suit of long trousers, stood in the bathroom with a Sweet Caporal pasted on his mug.

Life was hard on mothers; but then, they just didn't understand.

Life is sad enough without people writing sad books.

There's one good kind of writer - a dead one.

So long, Lee. Give our regards to the Kaiser. And tell him there's a few boys on 58th Street who'll throw a party for him if he'll drop around.

America is so vast that almost everything said about it is likely to be true and the opposite is probably equally true.

You don’t have to stay trapped in your thoughts just because you think them.

Mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.

The notion that patience is a virtue is something you don't fully appreciate until you're a parent. You need endless patience with little ones.

Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as possible.

It is not size or age that separates children from adults. It is responsibility.

Every time we start thinking we're the center of the universe, the universe turns around and says with a slightly distracted air, "I'm sorry. What'd you say your name was again?"

You must distinguish sharply between being pro free enterprise and being pro business.

You have to choose to manifest your leadership nature.

Do not be afraid to cast yourselves into the arms of God; whatever he asks of you, he will repay a hundredfold.