No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.

The trash and litter of nature disappears into the ground with the passing of each year, but man's litter has more permanence.

I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any membership in literature.

A man on a horse is spiritually, as well as physically, bigger then a man on foot.

How can you frighten a man whose hunger is not only in his own cramped stomach but in the wretched bellies of his children? You can't scare him--he has known a fear beyond every other.

Yes, you should talk," he said. "Sometimes a sad man can talk the sadness right out through his mouth. Sometimes a killin' man can talk the murder right out of his mouth.

The camera need not be a cold mechanical device. Like the pen, it is as good as the man who uses it. It can be the extension of mind and heart...

One man was so mad at me that he ended his letter Beware. You will never get out of this world alive.

Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.