I've been reading reviews of my stories for twenty-five years, and can't remember a single useful point in any of them, or the slightest good advice. The only reviewer who ever made an impression on me was Skabichevsky, who prophesied that I would die drunk in the bottom of a ditch.

Brevity - the sister of talent.

If you cry ''Forward'' you must be sure to make clear the direction in which to go. Don't you see that if you fail to do that and simply call out the word to a monk and a revolutionary, they will go in precisely opposite directions?

When you're thirsty and it seems that you could drink the entire ocean that's faith; when you start to drink and finish only a glass or two that's science.

Our pride and self-importance are European, while our development and actions are Asiatic.

If you wish women to love you be original; I know a man who used to wear felt boots summer and winter & women fell in love with him.

For God's sake, have some self-respect and do not run off at the mouth if your brain is out to lunch.