“If I could sum it up in 50 words, I wouldn't have needed to write a whole novel about it.”
“The whole difference between the nineteenth century and the twentieth century could be summed up in two words, graveyard and cemetery.”
“If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera. ”
“My whole theory of writing I can sum up in one sentence. An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmasters of ever afterward.”
“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
“All I have to say about love can be summed up in nine words: Never wipe your ass before you take a shit.”