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.

Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.

The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.

Inspiration in matters of taste will not come twice.

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

Sincerity is glass, discretion is diamond.

Few are they who have never had a chance to achieve happiness- and fewer those who have taken that chance.