“It's okay to write crap. Just don't try publishing it while it's still crap.”

“... and he kills without fear, or anger, or hate, with regret even, simply because its necessary. That's rare, and it's rare still among the really first-rate. God help the enemy that finally frightens him or makes him mad.”

“Gold is cold, and men who possess much of it are infected with its chill.”

“. . . you should always kick a man when he's down. It's much easier then.”

“The world is a bad place only then when you are not good.”

“world is not destroying because the standard of living has been deteriorated, it is destroying because the standard of faith is deteriorated.”

“Strange, isn't it, that it's always more difficult to talk people out of killing each other than into it?”