You can recover from the writing malady only by falling mortally ill and dying.

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

I am never bored; to be bored is an insult to one's self.

I find that when I do not think of myself I do not think at all.

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.

It is when we are faced with death that we turn most bookish.

Don't tell a woman she's pretty; tell her there's no other woman like her, and all roads will open to you.