Rebecca [West] can handle a pen as brilliantly as ever I could and much more savagely.

A child hasn't a grown-up person's appetite for affection. A little of it goes a long way with them; and they like a good imitation of it better than the real thing, as every nurse knows.

God made the world as an artist and that is why the world must learn from its artists.

Let wife and child perish, and lay bricks for your last crust, rather than part with an iota of your [copy]rights.

It is not disbelief that is dangerous to our society; it is belief.

Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage: it can be delightful.

The wheels are turning, but the hamsters are all dead. Make it idiot-proof and someone will make a better idiot. I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig, you get dirty; and besides, the pig likes it.