... with men it's rush, rush, rush, every minute. I'm glad I'm a sedentary spider." "What does sedentary mean?" asked Wilbur. "Means I sit still a good part of the time and don't go wandering all over creation. I know a good thing when I see it, and my web is a good thing. I stay put and wait for what comes. Gives me a chance to think.

new york provides not only a continuing excitation but also a spectacle that is continuing.

When a man hangs from a tree it doesn't spell justice unless he helped write the law that hanged him.

Make the work interesting and the discipline will take care of itself.

Life is always rich and steady time when you are waiting for something to happen or to hatch.

If a man is to be obsessed by something, I suppose a boat is as good as anything, perhaps a bit better than most.

A poet's pleasure is to withhold a little of his meaning, to intensify by mystification. He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it.