Anger and hate against one we love steels our hearts, but contempt or pity leaves us silent and ashamed.

When Tarzan killed he more often smiled than scowled, and smiles are the foundation of beauty.

If I had followed my better judgment always, my life would have been a very dull one.

I have been successful probably because I have always realized that I knew nothing about writing and have merely tried to tell an interesting story entertainingly.

If you write one story, it may be bad; if you write a hundred, you have the odds in your favor.

The more one listens to ordinary conversations the more apparent it becomes that the reasoning faculties of the brain take little part in the direction of the vocal organs.

So strong is the power of superstition that even though we know that we have been reverencing a sham, yet still we hesitate to admit the validity of our new-found convictions.

I do not think that I am ever overconfident. I am merely wholly confident, and I maintain that there is all the difference in the world there.

It is a characteristic of the weak and criminal to attribute to others the misfortunes that are the result of their own wickedness.

Golf is a mental disorder.

Am I alive and a reality, or am I but a dream?

Did I hear God call me an idiot?

Only God knows the future and that we are to look to Him—not to the stars or the tea leaves or the lines on the palms of our hands—for our confidence in the future.

It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change.

A fine quotation is a diamond in the hand of a man of wit and a pebble in the hand of a fool.

It wouldn't kill you to stay the night anyway.

I like to hire the kind of people that I would want to be on stage with.

To live an art-filled life, one must be willing to try new things & accept that things change.

Just sort of relax your mind and say yes, it does hurt, I know. Don't try and shut it out.

As soon as a woman begins to dress "loud," her manners and conversation partake of the same element.

Skeletons of mice are often to be found in coconuts, for it is easier to get in, slim and greedy, than to get out, appeased but fat.