A writer wastes nothing.

One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise.

"What are you going to do?" "Can't say - run for president, write -" "Greenwich Village?" "Good heavens, no - I said write - not drink."

All that kept her from breaking was that it was not an image of strength that was leaving her; she would be just as strong without him.

To be kind is more important than to be right. Many times, what people need is not a brilliant mind that speaks but a special heart that listens.

Celibacy goes deeper than the flesh.

The purpose of a work of fiction is to appeal to the lingering after-effects in the reader's mind as differing from, say, the purpose of oratory or philosophy which respectively leave people in a fighting or thoughtful mood.