“Old soldiers never die, they write novels.”
“Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.”
“Old soldiers never die - they're just thrown on the scrap heap!”
“You never learn how to write a novel. You just learn how to write the novel that you're writing.”
“I'll write to you. A super-long letter, like in an old-fashioned novel”
“Once a man has lived under arms, I suspect he is marked for life.In fact I have heard it remarked that old soldiers never die; they just fade away.”