“A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies.”

“Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?”

“Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.”

“The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.”

“When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not; but my faculties are decaying now and soon I shall be so I cannot remember any but the things that never happened. It is sad to go to pieces like this but we all have to do it.”

“Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has laid an egg cackles as if she had laid an asteroid.”

“Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.”

“A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.”

“Just when I thought I was learning how to live, 'twas then I realized I was learning how to die.”

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So, throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. 

“A successful book is not made of what is in it, but what is left out of it.”

“Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.”

“Of all God's creatures, there is only one that cannot be made slave of the leash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve the man, but it would deteriorate the cat.”

“Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.”

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.

A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit.

The scariest moment is always just before you start.

Tears are words that need to be written.

I can give glib answers all day long, but you have to discover your own personal answer.

When I look back on my life, I want to say I saw the world the way it was.

In general, avoid getting into situations where you’re sacrificing today for an imagined tomorrow.

Morality and ethics automatically emerge when we realize the long term consequences of our actions.