Mr. Barnes, it is because I have lived very much that now I can enjoy everything so well.
You ought to dream. All our biggest businessmen have been dreamers.
And bed, he thought. Bed is my friend. Just bed, he thought. Bed will be a great thing. It is easy when you are beaten, he thought. I never knew how easy it was. And what beat you, the thought.
Today is only one day in all the days that will ever be. But what will happen in all the other days that ever come can depend on what you do today. It’s been that way all this year. It’s been that way so many times. All of war is that way.
Strong in all the Broken Places.
There are many who do not know they are fascists but will find it out when the time comes.
Everyone behaves badly – given the chance.
But I think the Great DiMaggio would be proud of me today.
It’s silly not to hope. It’s a sin, he thought.
He was just a coward and that was the worst luck any many could have.
The most beautiful fighting machine I have ever seen.
Writing is something that you can never do as well as it can be done. It is a perpetual challenge and it is more difficult than anything else that I have ever done.
Having books published is very destructive to writing.
The best way to become a writer is to go off and write.
Real seriousness in regard to writing is one of two absolute necessities. The other, unfortunately, is talent.
The good parts of a book may be only something a writer is lucky enough to overhear or it may be the wreck of his whole damn life – and one is as good as another.
There were many words that you could not stand to hear and finally only the names of places had dignity. Abstract words such as glory, honor, courage, or hallow were obscene.
There was no really good true war book during the entire four years of the war. The only true writing that came through during the war was in poetry. One reason for this is that poets are not arrested as quickly as prose writers.
To hell with luck. I’ll bring the luck with me.
I suppose if a man has something once, always something of it remains.