“It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love.”

“Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has ex...”

“The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.”

“We die only once, and for such a long time.”

“One should eat to live, not live to eat.”

“Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.”

“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”

“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.”

“The road to hell is paved with adverbs.”