A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not.

Never fall in love?" "Always," said the count. "I am always in love.

Good writing is good conversation, only more so.

What difference does it make if you live in a picturesque little outhouse surrounded by 300 feeble minded goats and your faithful dog? The question is: Can you write?

I would stand and look out over the roofs of Paris and think, "Do not worry. You have always written before and you will write now. All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.

It is a hell of a thing to be hungry in your own house.

Remember everything is right until it's wrong. You'll know when it's wrong.