Success is not in the possession of multitudes of dreams

No matter how many compromises were made along the way, no matter what happens in the future, a book is a thing to behold.

The passive voice could always be used to obscure blame.

That's the nice thing about being human. We only have one life, but we can choose what kind of story it's going to be.

I believe - to the best of my recollection, anyway - that I soon made the classic error of moving from margaritas to actual shots of straight tequila. It does make it easier to meet new people.

Theories are always very thin and insubstantial, experience only is tangible.

I think that the ability of people to accept new things is growing, and that's good for all of us.

Wealth does not bring about excellence (aka areté), but excellence (aka areté) brings about wealth and all other public and private blessings for men.

To survive, each sentence must have, at its heart, a little spark of fire, and this, whatever the risk, the novelist must pluck with his own hands from the blaze.

Ages are All Equal. / But Genius is Always Above The Age.

The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy.