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

Nature always levies her tribute.

Every intoxicating delight of early spring was in the air. The breeze that fanned her cheek was laden with subtle perfume and the crisp, fresh odor of unfolding leaves.

no one in the whole world knows all a man's bignesses and all his littlenesses as his wife does.

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.

In the economy of nature nothing is ever lost. I cannot belive that the soul of man shall prove the one exception

Of two evils, I always choose the lesser.