Those who have mastered etiquette, who are entirely, impeccably right, would seem to arrive at a point of exquisite dullness.

What writes worse than a Theodore Dreiser? ... Two Theodore Dreisers.

Four things I am wiser to know: Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.

Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.

There must be a magnificent disregard of your reader, for if he cannot follow you, there is nothing you can do about it.

If I had a shiny gun I could have a world of fun Speeding bullets through the brains Of the folks that cause me pains :)

Sometimes I think I'll give up trying, and just go completely Russian and sit on a stove and moan all day.