"Above all, try something."

"At least one study of blocked writers has found that they were more productive and more creative when they were essentially forced to write instead of scribbling only when the mood struck them."

"Nothing in the world is as certain as death."

"Despair has been called the unforgivable sin--not presumably because God refuses to forgive it but because it despairs of the possibility of being forgiven."

"The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and of elevated opinions."

"A man who thinks he has a higher purpose can do terrible things, even to those he professes to love."

"A man of sixty has spent twenty years in bed and over three years in eating."

"There are situations in which torture is not merely permissible but morally mandatory."

"You have to learn that if you start making sure you feel good, everything will be okay."

"He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most; God will take care that we do not enjoy it any more than is good for us."

"Everyone who gets sleepy at night should have a simple decent place to lay their heads, on terms they can afford to pay."

"It's so much easier to suggest solutions when you don't know too much about the problem."