"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."
"Humor is mankind's greatest blessing."
"The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time."
"We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that the savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter."
"What is Man? Man is a noisome bacillus whom Our Heavenly Father created because he was disappointed in the monkey."
"The secret to getting ahead is getting started."