As a mistress, death seemed lacking in many essentials. Therefore, I decided not to die.

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?

Good character is all about improving your personal moral values to advance to a more desirable state.

Like her father, Bess never forgot a hurt of a service.

... you can love completely without complete understanding.""That I have known and preached." my father said.

Give all to love obey thy heart.

If need is the mother of all inventions, then curiosity is its genetic father undoubtedly.

It was important that I learn that what I wanted was no different from what other artists wanted: confidence that I could be my own censor, audience, and competition.

A little while the rose, And after that the thorn; An hour of dewy morn, And then the glamour goes. Ah, love in beauty born, A little while the rose!

Football is about making mistakes. Who makes the most, loses the game.

Every life is different; being pro-life is not only about saving the fetus, being pro-life is about all the stages of life.