"An author spends months writing a book, and maybe puts his heart's blood into it, and then it lies about unread till the reader has nothing else in the world to do."

"The dead look so terribly dead when they're dead."

"The average American can get into the kingdom of heaven much more easily than he can get into the Boulevard St. Germain."

"A man ought to work. That's what he's here for. That's how he contributes to the welfare of the community."

"An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones."

"You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers. You waste a lot of time going down blind alleys if you have no one to lead you."

"The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas."

"The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant."

"When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions."

"Hitch your wagon to a star."

"Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home."

"My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there."