The superiority of one man's opinion over another's is never so great as when the opinion is about a woman.

The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the accusation of being arbitrary, is that it be interesting.

Americans will eat garbage provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup.

The "germ," wherever gathered, has ever been for me, "the germ of a story," and most of the stories strained to shape under my hand have sprung from a single small seed, a seed as remote and windblown as a casual hint.

She is like a revolving lighthouse; pitch darkness alternating with a dazzling brilliancy!

... since she might not be splendid, she would at least be immaculate.

It's time to start living the life you've imagined.