Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not understood.

My hunger and curiosity drive me forward in all directions at once.

Plots and character don't make life. Life is here and now, anytime you say the word, anytime you let her rip.

Every man is working out his destiny in his own way and nobody can be of any help except by being kind, generous, and patient.

I'm an egotist, but I'm not selfish. There's a difference. I'm a neurotic, I guess. I can't stop thinking about myself. It isn't that I think myself so important. I simply can't think about anything else, that's all.

I have never been able to look upon America as young and vital but rather as prematurely old, as a fruit which rotted before it had a chance to ripen.

Life's wildest moment---she kneels on the sidewalk. Everything else she does is lies, lies.