If you have a success you have it for the wrong reasons. If you become popular it is always because of the worst aspects of your work. success & work
Cowardice... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend functioning of the imagination. imagination
An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools. intelligence & time
In modern war... you will die like a dog for no good reason. good & war
The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them. best & trust
Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war. war
All my life I've looked at words as though I were seeing them for the first time. life & time
That terrible mood of depression of whether it's any good or not is what is known as The Artist's Reward. good
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. happiness
I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen. great & learning
All good books have one thing in common - they are truer than if they had really happened. good
What is moral is what you feel good after, and what is immoral is what you feel bad after. good
It's none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think you were born that way. business
I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know? life & love
Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you. death
For a war to be just three conditions are necessary - public authority, just cause, right motive. war
Never go on trips with anyone you do not love. love & travel
Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime. war
I don't like to write like God. It is only because you never do it, though, that the critics think you can't do it. God
Why should anybody be interested in some old man who was a failure? failure
Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another. life
That is what we are supposed to do when we are at our best - make it all up - but make it up so truly that later it will happen that way. best
Writing and travel broaden your ass if not your mind and I like to write standing up. travel
For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can. best, good & time
About morals, I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after. good
A man's got to take a lot of punishment to write a really funny book. funny
Fear of death increases in exact proportion to increase in wealth. death & fear
Hesitation increases in relation to risk in equal proportion to age. age
The game of golf would lose a great deal if croquet mallets and billiard cues were allowed on the putting green. great & sports
Courage is grace under pressure. courage
Ezra was right half the time, and when he was wrong, he was so wrong you were never in any doubt about it. time
My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way. best
I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after. good
The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places. strength
Prose is architecture, not interior decoration, and the Baroque is over. architecture