It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does not mean.

To write a novel may be pure pleasure. To live a novel presents certain difficulties. As for reading a novel, I do my best to get out of it.

A poem is good until one knows by whom it is.

A good writer does not receive anywhere near the number of poison-pen letters that is commonly assumed. Among a hundred jackassesthere are not ten who will admit to being jackasses, and at most one who will put it in writing.

Mankind became hysterical in the Middle Ages because it poorly repressed the sexual impressions of its Greek boyhood.

Children play soldier. That makes sense. But why do soldiers play children?

Do not learn more than you absolutely need to get through life.