The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book.

Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

It's my attempt to remain invisible, not distract the reader from the story with obvious writing.

You ain't living unless your living high

God’s plan is to get back the earth that has been given over to Satan by man

Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom wait until they have been married longer.

One does not need to have cancer to analyze its symptoms.

When you're in Hollywood, you get sort of jaded about what you think the sense of humor of Hollywood is supposed to be, so you can't think outside the box.

It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to know that it has begun.

Your dreams aren’t made, or broken, by anyone but you.

The feeling of love is the highest frequency you can emit.

Death's a fierce meadowlark: but to die having made / Something more equal to the centuries / Than muscle and bone, is mostly to shed weakness.