When you find that people are not telling you the truth---look out!
There is something about conscious tact that is very irritating.
All I needed was a steady table and a typewriter...a marble-topped bedroom washstand table made a good place; the dining-room table between meals was also suitable.
It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story.
Any woman can fool a man if she wants to and if he's in love with her.
But no artist, I now realize, can be satisfied with art alone. There is a natural craving for recognition which cannot be gain-said.