Art – the one achievement of man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised

When all things are equal, translucence in writing is more effective than transparency, just as glow is more revealing than glare.

If I have sometimes seemed to make fun of Woman, I assure you it has only been for the purpose of egging her on.

Columbus is a town in which almost anything is likely to happen, and in which almost everything has.

Some American writers who have known each other for years have never met in the daytime or when both were sober.

Reason is 6/7 of treason.

This is the posture of fortunes slave: one foot in the gravy, one foot in the grave.