Dreaming is to think by moonlight by the light of an inner moon.

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.

The profession of letters is, after all, the only one in which one can make no money without being ridiculous.

Style is to forget all styles.

It is easy for a somebody to be modest, but it is difficult to be modest when one is a nobody.

The story I am writing exists, written in absolutely perfect fashion, some place, in the air. All I must do is find it, and copy it.

Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.