People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they read more

People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.

It was the most unglamorous picture of war I've ever read.

It was the most unglamorous picture of war I've ever read.

He will therefore have to use what knowledge he can achieve, not to shape the results as the craftsman shapes read more

He will therefore have to use what knowledge he can achieve, not to shape the results as the craftsman shapes his handiwork, but rather to cultivate a growth by providing the appropriate environment, in the manner in which the gardener does this for his plants.

First of all, writing at best - certainly fiction writing - more and more I think is magic.

First of all, writing at best - certainly fiction writing - more and more I think is magic.

When I was a teenager, I dreamed abbout escaping. I was lucky. I succeeded.

When I was a teenager, I dreamed abbout escaping. I was lucky. I succeeded.

Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory.

Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory.

Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.

Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.

What we have here is a bright, talented and ambitious group of players.

What we have here is a bright, talented and ambitious group of players.

Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are not extraordinary -- they are in read more

Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are not extraordinary -- they are in the true order. It is the other species of men who are not what they ought to be.