A white lie is always pardonable. But he who tells the truth without compulsion merits no leniency.

The pimp is the executive organ of immorality. The executive organ of morality is the blackmailer.

This is something that I cannot get over -- that a whole line could be written by half a man, that a work could be built on the quicksand of a character.

Morality is a burglar's tool whose merit lies in never being left behind at the scene of the crime.

A journalist is stimulated by a deadline. He writes worse when he has time

My readers think that I write for the day because my writings are based on the day. So I shall have to wait until my writings are obsolete. Then they may acquire timeliness.

There are women who are not beautiful but only look that way.