Grown up, and that is a terribly hard thing to do. It is much easier to skip it and go from one childhood to another.

Optimism is the content of small men in high places.

Beware the artist who's an intellectual also. The artist who doesn't fit.

It makes me sad because I've never seen such--such beautiful shirts before.

The reason one writes isn't the fact he wants to say something. He writes because he has something to say.

I'm inclined to reserve all judgments, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not a few veteran bores.

The worst thing in the world is to try to sleep and not to.