"Anger may repast with thee for an hour, but not repose for a night the continuance of anger is hatred, the continuance of hatred turns malice."

"The average person's ear weighs what you are, not what you were."

"Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune."

"Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten thy rest."

"A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles."

"I publish my own books, so there isn't a certain editor I owe the book to at a publishing house."

"To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea."

"I've read short stories that are as dense as a 19th century novel and novels that really are short stories filled with a lot of helium."