You are here for but an instant, and you mustn't take yourself too seriously

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?

This city belongs to ghosts, to murderers, to sleepwalkers. Where are you, in what bed, in what dream?

When you have nothing left, you don’t have anything to lose.

Worshiping someone requires complete passivity. To turn the principle of immobility into a rule.

I love food - I am never on a diet - I swear to God!

Vanity is apt to inspire contempt, but that becomes immediately tempered by a gentler and more gracious feeling; for the vain man desires to win our approbation, and in this way he flatters us.

A good friend once told me that the problems are like cockroaches. If drawn to light, they'll get scared.

Focus on things that are small enough to change, but big enough to matter

Advice is more agreeable in the mouth than in the ear.

When you look into the eyes of an animal youve rescued, you cant help but fall in love.

After I found April Barrows, I felt I had found a soul mate. Her stuff is exactly what I was looking for.