“Writing is for men who can think and feel, not mindless sensation seekers out of nightclubs and bars. But these are bad times. We are condemned to work with upstarts, clowns who no doubt got their training in a circus and then turned to journalism as the appropriate place to display their tricks.”

“The heart is a place of secrets...”

“If we reject science, we reject the common man.”

“We wont develop until we accept that reading is a vital necessity.”

“You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.”

“The calendar has a magic that makes us imagine a memory can be resurrected and revived, but nothing returns.”

“I believe in life and in people. I feel obliged to advocate their highest ideals as long as I believe them to be true. I also see myself compelled to revolt against ideals I believe to be false, since recoiling from rebellion would be a form of treason”