A list of authors who have made themselves most beloved and therefore, most comfortable financially, shows that it is our national joy to mistake for the first-rate, the fecund rate.

A girl's best friend is her mutter.

I'm not a writer with a drinking problem, I'm a drinker with a writing problem.

Dear Mary: We all knew you had it in you.

If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the best you can do, and it's the fact that it's the best you can do that kills you.

tomorrow's gone-we'll have tonight!

ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.