You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write.

You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write.

The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar
or coffee and I will pay more read more

The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar
or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under
the sun.

... then the world 's mine oyster.

... then the world 's mine oyster.

The great advantage of being in a rut is that when one is in a rut, one knows exactly where read more

The great advantage of being in a rut is that when one is in a rut, one knows exactly where one is.

To change and to change for the better are two different things.

To change and to change for the better are two different things.

Those who are possessed by nothing possess everything.

Those who are possessed by nothing possess everything.

Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a
tragedy.

Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a
tragedy.

If you think nobody cares if you are alive, try missing a couple of car
payments.

If you think nobody cares if you are alive, try missing a couple of car
payments.

But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's bones and the soul out read more

But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's bones and the soul out of his belly, contending with the strange rapacity of savage life, the lower stage of creation, he cannot make the effort any more.