[When asked what was the inspiration for most of her work:] Need of money, dear.
What writes worse than a Theodore Dreiser? ... Two Theodore Dreisers.
He lies below, correct in cypress wood, And entertains the most exclusive worms.
I can’t write five words but that I change seven.
Now I know the things I know, and I do the things I do; and if you do not like me so, to hell, my love, with you!
And there was that poor sucker Flaubert rolling around on his floor for three days looking for the right word.