There are people who want to be everywhere at once and they seem to get nowhere

If America forgets where she came from, if the people lose sight of what brought them along, if she listens to the deniers and mockers, then will begin the rot and dissolution.

I am the people - the mob - the crowd - the mass. Do you know that all the great work of the world is done through me?

I can remember only a few of the strange and curious words now dead but living and spoken by the English people a thousand years ago.

I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what it is that makes good writers good. But I made no promises that I would write books a lot of people would like to read.

I decided I would go to Chicago and try my luck as a writer after those eight months as a fireman.