Novelist

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.

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.

Jangan bepergian dengan orang-orang yang tidak kamu suka.

Kemerosotan adalah kata yang sulit untuk digunakan karena telah menjadi kurang lebih istilah pelecehan yang diterapkan oleh kritikus untuk apa pun yang mereka belum mengerti.

The only thing that could spoil a day was people. People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself.

Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.

A writer of fiction is really... a congenital liar who invents from his own knowledge or that of other men.

Salah satu hal yang menyakitkan adalah kehilangan diri Anda sendiri di dalam suatu proses mencintai orang lain dengan teramat sangat, hingga Anda melupakan bahwa Anda juga seseorang yang istimewa.

Saya tidak akan naik ring dengan Tolstoy.

Tidak ada teman seroyal buku.

I love to go to the zoo. But not on Sunday. I don't like to see the people making fun of the animals, when it should be the other way around.

Atau apakah Anda tidak suka menulis surat. Saya lakukan karena itu cara yang luar biasa untuk tetap bekerja namun merasa Anda telah melakukan sesuatu.

A serious writer is not to be confounded with a solemn writer. A serious writer may be a hawk or a buzzard or even a popinjay, but a solemn writer is always a bloody owl.

Manusia tidak diciptakan untuk kalah.

Selalu lakukan apa yang Anda katakan ketika mabuk. Itu akan mengajari Anda untuk menutup mulut.

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.

In modern war... you will die like a dog for no good reason.

Semua pria yang berpikir adalah ateis.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.

You can write any time people will leave you alone and not interrupt you. Or, rather, you can if you will be ruthless enough about it. But the best writing is certainly when you are in love.