There is a difference between writing and being an author. Authors talk. I'm standing here talking now. This has nothing to do with writing.

How can there be peace without people understanding each other; and how can this be if they don't know each other?

The best defence of peace is not power, but the removal of the causes of war, and international agreements which will put peace on a stronger foundation, than the terror of destruction.

Statistics is the grammar of science.

The only failures are those who fail to try.

Ain't only three things to gambling: knowing the 60-40 end of the proposition, money management, and knowing yourself.

As a soldier, I survived World War I when most of my comrades did not.

The world before us is a postcard, and I imagine the story we are writing on it.

We must keep on trying to solve problems, one by one, stage by stage, if not on the basis of confidence and cooperation, at least on that of mutual toleration and self-interest.

Behind every great man there is a surprised woman.

Choosing a new book was like looking for treasure.

For being so straight and sure, God’s path held quite the assortment of twists.

There is nothing we could add to that which has already been created....perfection.

King consciously steered away from legal claims and instead relied on civil disobedience.

Life never ceases. Life is an overflowing source, and death is only an obscure effect of illusions.

The Six Golden Rules of Writing: Read, read, read, and write, write, write.

He's swept with the broom of contempt and the rooms have an empty ring.

The only thing that can bring joy is work.

A great body is a gift you give yourself

You can't really learn God's hope like you learn the logic of an argument or the details of a story. It's more like learning to belly laugh. You catch hope from someone who has it down in their gut.

I detest acting because it is sheer drudgery.