Even though I write about the human race, the further away from them, the better I feel. Two miles is great; two thousand miles is beautiful.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

I write a thousand words a day.

I do not like the human race. I don't like their heads, I don't like their faces, I don't like their feet, I don't like their conversations, I don't like their hairdos, I don't like their automobiles.

We are not about to send American boys 9 or 10 thousand miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves.

I never found even in my juvenile hours that it was necessary to go a thousand miles in search of themes for moralizing.