"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."
"Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer."[Mark Twain, a Biography]"
"The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time."
"I've had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened."
"Humor is mankind's greatest blessing."
"In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them."