If you like the story then don't hold back in telling me about it, and if you don't then please keep your opinions to yourself!

It's a damn good story. If you have any comments, write them on the back of a check.

Courage is the antidote to danger.

After you've written a story, the thing to do is sell it. Sounds simple, and it is, if one will follow certain basic principles of salesmanship.

I like what I like and not what I'm supposed to like because of mass rating. And I very much dislike the things I don't like.

The reason men don't know the law of life is because they're afraid to look Eternity in the face.

The real trouble with the writing game is that no general rule can be worked out for uniform guidance, and this applies to sales as well as to writing.

Now listen, Lam," he said, "you’re a nice egg but you’ve got yourself poured into the wrong pan.

Then I’ll have more fun searching in vain then marrying one of the wrong sort.

You can't have understanding without having empathy, and you can't have empathy without losing money.

The obvious can sometimes be illuminating when perceived in an unhabitual way.

Praying is not telling God what to do. It’s trusting that God knows what to do.

With each stride, I realize I'm not so emotionally overwhelmed anymore. A sense of purpose and fulfillment has replaced my feelings of helplessness.

I don't watch 'American Idol,' but I wouldn't call it 'undignified.'

I love how pop culture shapes a generation. The trends, fashion and events all play a key part in how we live our present lives, and will mark how we will be remembered in the future.

Myth, legend, and ritual ... function to maintain a status quo. That makes them singularly bad in coping with change, indeed counterproductive, for change is the enemy of myth.

In every idea of genius or in every new human idea, or, more simply still, in every serious human idea born in anyone's brain, there is something that cannot possibly be conveyed to others.

How many examples do we have of these bodies [of the state] set up to eliminate a problem, actually eliminating it, shutting down their operations and going home?

Catch-22 is the greatest satirical work in English since Erewhon...remarkable... This is a book that I could wish everyone to read. It is a book which should help us feel more clearly

May your homes be filled with peace, harmony, courtesy, and love. May they be filled with the Spirit of the Lord.