That is what war is and dancing it is forward and back, when one is out walking one wants not to go back the way they came but in dancing and in war it is forward and back.

There is no reason why a king should be rich or a rich man should be a king, no reason at all.

What was the use of my having come from Oakland it was not natural to have come from there yes write about it if I like or anything if I like but not there, there is no there there.

The thing that differentiates man from animals is money.

In France one must adapt oneself to the fragrance of a urinal.

Human beings are interested in two things. They are interested in the Reality and interested in telling about it.

Once more I can climb about and remind you that a woman in this epoch does the important literary thinking.