More quotes by Mark Twain

"Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be."
"A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar."
"The test of any good fiction is that you should care something for the characters; the good to succeed, the bad to fail. The trouble with most fiction is that you want them all to land in hell together, as quickly as possible."
"Lord save us all from old age and broken health and a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms."
"It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog."