He [F. Scott Fitzgerald] had learned to theorize, to think, although he was always less interested in the dissection of his reading than in the enjoyment he received. (About F. Scott Fitzgerald)

Scott himself had taught me that in the boundless sphere of the intellect there is no prudishness, no shockability. There is only evaluation of facts, and a morality founded on truth.

Never stretch your neck to see who is not doing it big. Look into your bosom, and realize that you can do it bigger! Go, create a brighter picture!

We are masters of our characters and in turn, slaves of their outgrowth.

It is well to read everything of something, and something of everything.

So that's why one of my rules of parody writing is that it's gotta be funny regardless of whether you know the source material. It has to work on its own merit.

Contempt; the feeling of a prudent man for an enemy who is too formidable safely to be opposed.

[I]n his presence I thoroughly lived.

The Fed has the ability to put money out, it's got the ability to take money back in, and if they don't do that, we will have hyperinflation worse than we had in 1980 and 1981.

To sell is above all to master the art and science of listening.

I have always felt that a politician is to be judged by the animosities he excites among his opponents.