I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it over to the government in taxes to keep it going.

A succession of eye-openers each involving the repudiation of some previously held belief.

As 99 per cent of English authors and 100 per cent of American ones [authors] are just such imbeciles, managers and publishers make a practice of asking for every right the author possesses.

The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people.

I believe in Michelangelo, Velasquez, and Rembrandt; in the might of design, the mystery of color, the redemption of all things by Beauty everlasting, and the message of Art that has made these hands blessed. Amen. Amen.

Vitality is a woman is a blind fury of creation.

It is not true that men can be divided into absolutely honest persons and absolutely dishonest ones. Our honesty varies with the strain put on it.