there is no greater fraud or bore than the writer who has acquired the art of saying nothing brilliantly.

A little superstition is a good thing to keep in one's bag of precautions.

I see no present solution of a great and intricate problem but that the rich should realize their duty to the poor.

Has it ever occurred to you, that the rich are at the mercy of the poor, not the poor at that of the rich? Who permits us to be rich if not the poor?

The Southerners are the only cooks in the United States. The real difference between the South and the North is that one enjoys itself getting dyspepsia and the other does not.

there is no greater fraud or bore than the writer who has acquired the art of saying nothing brilliantly.

I want books written out of a brain and heart and soul crowded and vital with Life, spelled with a big L. I want poetry bursting with passion. I don't care a hang for the 'verbal felicities.' They'll do for the fringe, but I want the garment to warm me first.