I started out very quiet and I beat Mr. Turgenev. Then I trained hard and I beat Mr. de Maupassant. I've fought two draws with Mr. Stendhal, and I think I had an edge in the last one. But nobody's going to get me in any ring with Mr. Tolstoy unless I'm crazy or I keep getting better.

Scott took LITERATURE so solemnly. He never understood that it was just writing as well as you can and finishing what you start.

Wars are Spinach. Life in general is the tough part. In war all you have to do is not worry and know how to read a map and co-ordinates.

It's enough for you to do it once for a few men to remember you. But if you do it year after year, then many people remember you and they tell it to their chil…