They say great themes make great novels. but what these young writers don't understand is that there is no greater theme than men and women.

The trouble is people leave too much to luck. They get married and then trust to luck. They should be sure in the first place.

I can get very depressed by a review that is unfair, unreasonable, and totally destructive.

George Gershwin died on July 11, 1937, but I don’t have to believe it if I don’t want to.

Never play cards with a man named Doc, and never eat at a place called Mom's.

An artist is his own fault.

When Caroline Walker fell in love with Julian English she was a little tired of him. That was in the summer of 1926, one of the most unimportant years in the history of the United States, and the year in which Caroline Walker was sure her life had reached a pinnacle of uselessness.