I have always thought that writers come with any variety of attributes. Some are capable and some aren't.
Only the element of chance is needed to make war a gamble, and that element is never absent.
There are cases in which the greatest daring is the greatest wisdom.
Architects and painters know precisely what they are about as long as they deal with material phenomena. . . . But when they come to the aesthetics of their work, when they aim at a particular effect on the mind or on the senses, the rules dissolve into nothing but vague ideas.
War is merely a continuation of politics.
Intelligence alone is not courage, we often see that the most intelligent people are irresolute. Since in the rush of events a man is governed by feelings rather than by thought, the intellect needs to arouse the quality of courage, which then supports and sustains it in action.
If you entrench yourself behind strong fortifications, you compel the enemy seek a solution elsewhere.
Every man must decide for himself whether he shall master his world or be mastered by it.
It's important to slow down, every now and then, for no other reason than to call someone to say 'Hi. ' It doesn't have to be a long conversation. Just calling out of the blue does more to let someone know you still care about them than nearly anything else.
The decision to use the atom bomb on Japanese cities, and the consequent buildup of enormous nuclear arsenals, was made by governments, on the basis of political and military perceptions.
For 25 or 30 years I never had an assignment. These were all stories I wanted to do myself. So they were always about somebody I like, 'cause if I didn't like him, I just didn't do the story. And to have somebody else paying the bills for this tourism, to every corner of every stage, over and over again? Why, who wouldn't want a job like that?