Many are the stories I have heard about myself. I have mistresses I have never met. When I hear that I am a sodomist and a zoophalist then I shall know that I have reached the high point of fame, but I suppose I can hardly expect such exaltation for many years.

And you know what it is? San Francisco a golden handcuff with the key thrown away.

A man who tells secrets or stories must think of who is hearing or reading, for a story has as many versions as it has readers.

Eventlessness has no posts to drape duration on. From nothing to nothing is no time at all.

I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession.

That man who is more then his elements knows the land that is more than its analysis.

The proofs that God does not exist are very strong, but in lots of people they are not as strong as the feeling that He does.