The secrets of success are a good wife and a steady job. My wife told me.

Nothing in the universe can travel at the speed of light, they say, forgetful of the shadow's speed.

For a Jewish Puritan of the middle class, the novel is serious, the novel is work, the novel is conscientious application why, the novel is practically the retail business all over again.

A teacher is a person who never says anything once.

Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time.

I would talk in iambic pentameter if it were easier.

I like all my children, even the squat and ugly ones.

Absolute power corrupts absolutely; and if you surrender your personal responsibility to a government which promises to take care of you, they will only take care of themselves.

When Robert Frost was alive, I was known as the other new England poet, which is to be barely known at all.

Robert Frost had always said you mustn't think of the last line first, or it's only a fake poem, not a real one. I'm inclined to agree.

[T]eaching has been for me an education (Lord knows what it has been for my students).

Excellence doesn’t come by obeying doctrines. Excellence comes through recognizing the flaws in the prevailing doctrines of the society and throwing them away if necessary in the path of progress.

It's unbelievable what one squadron of twelve aircraft did to tip the balance.

I think men have got to change an awful lot. They still prefer the little woman.

Never think that you already know all. However highly you are appraised, always have the courage to say to yourself-I am ignorant.

I rather doubt that life has a meaning. If I thought perhaps it did, and I wanted to find out what its meaning is, I don't imagine I'd ask someone whose credentials consist of a PhD in philosophy.

My tendency towards bareness and simplification has been practiced in three fields: modeling, colors, and the figuration of the personages.

Since I am no longer affiliated with any organization nor receiving any funding, I can speak quite frankly....As a scientist I remain skeptical.

[A]ny desired additional nicotine 'kick' could be easily obtained through pH regulation.

The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes...

The Puritan has passed; the Catholic remains.