Occupation: Writer Birth: September 1, 1875 Death: March 19, 1950
If you write one story, it may be bad; if you write a hundred, you have the odds in your favor..
Am I alive and a reality, or am I but a dream?.
I loathed poverty and I would have liked to put my hands on the party who said that poverty is an honorable estate. It is an indication of inefficien….
The whole fabric of our religion is based on superstitious beliefin lies that have been foisted upon us for ages by those directly above us, to whose….
If I had followed my better judgment always, my life would have been a very dull one..
I shall have to believe even though I cannot understand..
I verily believe that a man's way with women is in inverse ratio to his prowess among men. The weakling and the saphead have often great ability to c….
A warrior may change his metal, but not his heart..
Subconscious minds are no less fallible than the objective mind..
So strong is the power of superstition that even though we know that we have been reverencing a sham, yet still we hesitate to admit the validity of ….
Love is a strange master, and human nature is still stranger..
Death, only, renders hope futile..
It is a characteristic of the weak and criminal to attribute to others the misfortunes that are the result of their own wickedness..
Imagination is but another name for super intelligence..
The more one listens to ordinary conversations the more apparent it becomes that the reasoning faculties of the brain take little part in the directi….
You are here for but an instant, and you mustn't take yourself too seriously.
When Tarzan killed he more often smiled than scowled, and smiles are the foundation of beauty..
No fiction is worth reading except for entertainment. If it entertains and is clean, it is good literature, or its kind. If it forms the habit of rea….
The time has arrived when patience becomes a crime and mayhem appears garbed in a manner of virtue.
I have been successful probably because I have always realized that I knew nothing about writing and have merely tried to tell an interesting story e….
It never seems to occur to some people, that, like beauty, a sense of humor may sometimes be fatal..