If a man means his writing seriously, he must mean to write well. But how can he write well until he learns to see what he has written badly. His progress toward good writing and his recognition of bad writing are bound to unfold at something like the same rate.

Men marry what they need. I marry you.

General rules have been legislated into being by past masters.

Tell me how much a nation knows about its own language, and I will tell you how much that nation knows about its own identity.

There's nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.

I'm smiled out, talked out, quipped out, socialized so far from any being, I need the weight of mortal silences to get realized back into myself.

Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea.