A good tale evil told were better untold, and an evil take well told need none other solicitor.
I don't have a disregard for my reader in humor pieces.
Siberia is so big, it’s almost more an idea than a place
People in Russia adapt to misery by a deep, deep humor.
Every once in a while, people need to be in the presence of things that are really far away.
There's an idea of the Plains as the middle of nowhere, something to be contemptuous of. But it's really a heroic place.
I am an author, and like many in my profession, I am also a traveling salesman, going all over in an attempt to persuade people to spend twenty-five dollars on a hardcover book by me.
conversation is like a dear little baby that is brought in to be handed round. You must rock it, nurse it, keep it on the move if you want it to keep smiling.
If you help enough people, you don't have to worry about money.
The Jewish question exists wherever the Jews live, however small their number. Where it does not exist it is imported by Jew immigrants. We naturally go where we are not persecuted, and, still persecution is the result of our appearance. . . By persecution we cannot be exterminated. . . the strong Jews turn proudly to their race when persecution bursts out. Entire branches of Judaism may disappear, break away; the tree lives.
I never made one of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking