A nun, at best, is only half a woman, just as a priest is only half a man.

The critic, to interpret his artist, even to understand his artist, must be able to get into the mind of his artist; he must feel and comprehend the vast pressure of the creative passion.

The longest sentence you can form with two words is: I do.

Correct spelling, indeed, is one of the arts that are far more esteemed by schoolma’ams than by practical men, neck-deep in the heat and agony of the world.

When I think of anything properly describable as a beautiful idea, it is always in the form of music. I have written and printed probably 10,000,000 words in English but all the same I shall die an inarticulate man, for my best ideas beset me in a language I know only vaguely and speak only as a child.

Any man who, having a child or children he can't support, proceeds to have another should be sterilized at once.

The difference between the smartest dog and the stupidest man - say a Tennessee Holy Roller - is really very small.