A lot of people consider my books to be straightforward, but I think that I write from atmosphere to atmosphere rather than from event to event.

A great novel is worth one thousand films.

Oh yes!...The sweet summons of God to man. That's when He calls you up to His arms. And it's the most beautiful thing, a rebirth, a new life. But, just the same I'm in no rush to find out.

I have never - I have never let go of my childhood contacts. My best friends from childhood are still my best friends.

The beauty in the heart is the beauty of body, soul and spirit.

Man himself is helpless to detach himself from the gnawing guilt of a heart weighed down with the guilt of sin. But where man has failed, God has succeeded.

The choices I didn’t make are almost as ruinous as the ones I did.

If you divorce capital from labor, capital is hoarded, and labor starves.

Appear to know only this--never to fail nor fall.

Savor kindness because cruelty is always possible later.

I've never gotten in too much trouble with alcohol. I've never had a drinking problem, really.

All that matters is when you show your fans love it's like you're one of them.

A movie about the past is not the same as the past.

The actual division of labor must be reflected in the division of the rewards (and prices, which is the way the consumer gets rewarded).