If, in New York, you arrive late for an appointment, say, "I took a taxi".

The need to express oneself in writing springs from a mal-adjustment to life, or from an inner conflict which the adolescent (or the grown man) cannot resolve in action. Those to whom action comes as easily as breathing rarely feel the need to break loose from the real, to rise above, and describe it... I do not mean that it is enough to be maladjusted to become a great writer, but writing is, for some, a method of resolving a conflict, provided they have the necessary talent.

In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.

Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the recollection of his or her life a work of art and an unfaithful record.

Artificial inflation of stocks must be considered a crime as serious as counterfeiting, which it closely resembles.

Inspiration in matters of taste will not come twice.

I knew a man who had been virtually drowned and then revived. He said that his death had not been painful.