Date of birth: 1908-04-11
Date of death: 1997-02-19
Quotes number: 21
Nationality: American
Profession: Novelist
A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead.
A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the need to communicate. Behind the need to communicate is the need to share. Behind the need to share is the need to be understood.
An angel is a spiritual creature created by God without a body for the service of Christendom and the church.
Any man who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad.
Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined.
Extremists think "communication" means agreeing with them.
First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people.
Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable.
Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.
I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.
