To be audacious with tact, you have to know to what point you can go too far.

What uniform can I wear to hide my heavy heart? It is too heavy. It will always show.

What is line? It is life. A line must live at each point along its course in such a way that the artist's presence makes itself felt above that of the model... With the writer, line takes precedence over form and content. It runs through the words he assembles. It strikes a continuous note unperceived by ear or eye. It is, in a way, the soul's style, and if the line ceases to have a life of its own, if it only describes an arabesque, the soul is missing and the writing dies.

My method is simple: not to bother about poetry. It must come of its own accord. Merely whispering its name drives it away.

Never do what a specialist can do better. Discover your own specialty. Do not despair if your specialty appears to be more delicate, a lesser thing. Make up in finesse what you lose in force.

The prettiest dresses are worn to be taken off.

Do not take up cause against the inaccuracies printed about you. They are your protection.