Even while lying, you'll be believed if you speak with authority.

It is as acceptable now to love the wives of others as it is to smoke their cigars and read their books.

You look boldly ahead; isn't it only that you don't see or divine anything terrible in the future; because life is still hidden from your young eyes.

A writer is not a confectioner, a cosmetic dealer, or an entertainer.

To a chemist, nothing on earth is unclean. A writer must be as objective as a chemist; he must abandon the subjective line; he must know that dungheaps play a very respectable part in a landscape, and that evil passions are as inherent in life as good ones.

Art, especially the stage, is an area where it is impossible to walk without stumbling.

To advise is not to compel.