“Quantity produces quality. If you only write a few things, you're doomed.”

“You fail only if you stop writing.”

“You only fail if you stop writing.”

“The first thing you learn in life is you're a fool. The last thing you learn in life is you're the same fool.”

“Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love what you write. The word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write something you love, something to live for.”

“The things you're looking for...are in the world, but the only way the average chap will see ninety-nine percent of them is in a book.”

“You're not like the others. I've seen a few; I know. When I talk, you look at me. When I said something about the moon, you looked at the moon, last night. The others would never do that. The others would walk off and leave me talking. Or threaten me. No one has time any more for anyone else. You're one of the few who put up with me. That's why I think it's so strange you're a fireman, it just doesn't seem right for you, somehow.”