Above all things, the plainsmen had to have in instinct for direction. I never had a compass in my life, but I was never lost.

I wish I could find words to express the trueness, the bravery, the hardihood, the sense of honor, the loyalty to their trust and to each other of the old trail hands.

Cowards never lasted long enough to become real cowboys.

When the ranch is in peace, no other life is more perfect.

Let us go beyond the boundaries of right and wrong. Let us vanish in the beauty of love.

My father was an electrical engineer who worked at Westinghouse in Pittsburgh. When I was growing up, my mother wrote humor columns for the local paper. She was the Erma Bombeck of Murrysville, Pa.

Never, never have a famous partner. It's too complicated.

But if you'll prosper, mark what I advise, Whom age, and long experience render wise.

Now all the criminals in their suits and ties are free to drink martinis and watch the sunrise

Until one acknowledges the genius within oneself, one will have great difficulty recognizing it in others.

Every new thing creates two new questions and two new opportunities.

Writing poetry is the only form of literary labour which gives me entire satisfaction.

Comedy works in fashion cycles, in a way. And sometimes, studios will imitate those cycles a little too much.

If a man does not know what port he is steering for, no wind is favorable to him.