Posterity Makes The Judgments. There Are Going

No Writer Need Feel Sorry For Himself If He Writes And Enjoys It, Even If He Doesn't Get Paid.

Horror Would Not Annoy A Soldier Any More Than The Sight Of A Hammer Annoys A Carpenter. It Is Sentimental To Pretend That Horror Is Not The Tool Of The Soldier, Just As The Hammer Is The Tool Of The Carpenter. We Live Off Death And The Threat Of Death And We Must Take It Calmly And Use It Well.... Eventually I Came To Enjoy Killing, As A Pianist Enjoys The Czerny Which Keeps His Fingers Limber For The Beethoven.

I'm Not As Hopeful As I Was When I Was Young

I Don't Think That The Writer Is Regarded As A Freak By Americans

There Are Too Many Books I Haven’t Read, Too Many Places I Haven’t Seen, Too Many Memories I Haven’t Kept Long Enough.