[When asked what was the inspiration for most of her work:] Need of money, dear.
I'd like to have money. And I'd like to be a good writer. These two can come together, and I hope they will, but if that's too adorable, I'd rather have money.
tomorrow's gone-we'll have tonight!
Vice is nice, but liquor is quicker.
Don't feel bad when I die; I've been dead for a long time.
Sure, you make money writing on the coast ... but that money is like so much compressed snow. It goes so fast it melts in your hand.