“If the players were armed with guns, there wouldn’t be stadiums large enough to hold the crowds. ”

“There are too many books I haven't read, too many places I haven't seen, too many memories I haven't kept long enough”

“When I went into the Army, I made up my mind that I was putting myself at the Army's disposal. I believe in the war. That doesn't mean I believe in the Army. I don't believe in any army. You don't expect justice out of an army, if you're a sensible, grown-up human being, you only expect victory. And if it comes to that, our Army is probably the most just one that ever existed. . . . I expected the Army to be corrupt, inefficient, cruel, wasteful, and it turned out to be all those things, just like all armies, only much less so than I thought before I got into it. It is much less corrupt, for example, than the German Army. Good for us. The victory we win will not be as good as it might be, if it were a different kind of army, but it will be the best kind of victory we can expect in this day and age, and I'm thankful for it.”

“Critics in New York are made by their dislikes, not by their enthusiasms.”

“I cringe when critics say I'm a master of the popular novel. What's an unpopular novel?”

“An absolutely necessary part of a writer's equipment, almost as necessary as talent, is the ability to stand up under punishment, both the punishment the world hands out and the punishment he inflicts upon himself.”

“ما قيمة هذه الدنيا التي تتعلقون بها ؟ ..”