So much has already been written about everything that you can't find out anything about it.

The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth.

A drawing is always dragged down to the level of its caption.

A husband should not insult his wife publicly, at parties. He should insult her in the privacy of the home.

The act of writing is either something the writer dreads or actually likes, and I actually like it. Even re-writing's fun. You're getting somewhere, whether it seems to move or not.

I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.

For one thing, she pronounced flowers 'flars' and I couldn't let it slide.