There is a 'sanctity' involved with bringing a child into this world: it is better than bombing one out of it.

Voyagers discover that the world can never be larger than the person that is in the world; but it is impossible to foresee this, it is impossible to be warned.

Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race is beneath their notice, that they're better than other human beings.

Any writer, I suppose, feels that the world into which he was born is nothing less than a conspiracy against the cultivation of his talent.

I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.

A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled.