That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can't say 'No' in any of them.

Art is a form of catharsis emotional release, purging, cleansing, purifying.

I like to think of my shining tombstone. It gives me, as you might say, something to live for.

Said of her husband on the day their divorce became final: Oh, don't worry about Alan. . . . Alan will always land on somebody's feet.

It may be that this autobiography [Aimee Semple McPherson's] is set down in sincerity, frankness, and simple effort. It may be, too, that the Statue of Liberty is situated in Lake Ontario.

Why, after all, should readers never be harrowed? Surely there is enough happiness in life without having to go to books for it.

All I say is, nobody has any business to go around looking like a horse and behaving as if it were all right. You don't catch horses going around looking like people, do you?