I Don T Mind A Reasonable Amount

If You Have A Story That Seems Worth Telling, And You Think You Can Tell It Worthily, Then The Thing For You To Do Is To Tell It, Regardless Of Whether It Has To Do With Sex, Sailors Or Mounted Policemen.

When You Write, You Want Fame, Fortune And Personal Satisfaction. You Want To Write What You Want To Write And Feel It's Good, And You Want This To Go On For Hundreds Of Years. You're Not Likely Ever To Get All These Things, And You're Not Likely To Give Up Writing And Commit Suicide If You Don't, But That Is -- And Should Be -- Your Goal. Anything Else Is Kind Of Piddling.

I've Been As Bad An Influence On American Literature As Anyone I Can Think Of.

She Grinned At Me. 'you Got Types?' 'only You Darling - Lanky Brunettes With Wicked Jaws.

It's Sometimes Better To Pretend I Don't Hear The Sound Of Somebody In The Nearby Woods With A Shotgun.