Where unwilling dies the rose; buds the new another year.
Art is a form of catharsis.
Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye.
I like to think of my shining tombstone. It gives me, as you might say, something to live for.
Upton Sinclair is his own King Charles' head. He cannot keep himself out of his writings, try though he may; or, by this time, try though he doesn't.
On lady novelists: As artists they're rot, but as providers they're oil wells; they gush. Norris said she never wrote a story unless it was fun to do. I understand Ferber whistles at her typewriter.