Rush, that most exciting perversion of life, the necessity of accomplishing something in less time than should be truly allowed for its doing.

The best writing is certainly when you are in love

I did not understand them but they did not have any mystery, and when I understood them they meant nothing to me. I was sorry about this but there was nothing I could do about it.

The hardest thing to do is to write straight honest prose on human beings. First you have to know the subject; then you have to know how to write. Both take a lifetime to learn, and anybody is cheating who takes politics as a way out. All the outs are too easy, and the thing itself is too hard to do.

Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you quit, try.

When we came back to Paris it was clear and cold and lovely.

Your blood coagulates beautifully.