"All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know."

The strength of liberal democracy lies in its ability to adapt and reform itself.

"To be a writer is to sit down at one's desk in the chill portion of every day, and to write; not waiting for the little jet of the blue flame of genius to start from the breastbone--just writing."

Discipline in capital spending separates the winners from the losers in this business.