we know by the odour that occasionally we are visited by skunks, which are not poetic but very beautiful.

Of two evils, I always choose the lesser.

One feature about Los Angeles that I particularly love is the chance for association with all kinds of creative artists, a thing I never before have had. I certainly do love a number of the writers, the painters, the musicians, and the sculptors that I meet here. ... Next to the sunshine, I appreciate it the most of anything in California.

We never know the timber of a man's soul until something cuts into him deeply and brings the grain out strong. You've the making of a mighty fine piece of furniture.

there was nothing in the whole world so dreadful as the power of riches wrongly used.

I write as the birds sing, because I must, and usually from the same source of inspiration.

Do you know that being a stranger is the hardest thing that can happen to any one in all this world?