Cats are only human, they have their faults.

The ideal of brotherhood of man, the building of the Just City, is one that cannot be discarded without lifelong feelings of disappointment and loss. But, if we are to live in the real world, discard it we must.

A German wine label is one of the things life's too short for, a daunting testimony to that peculiar nation's love of detail and organization.

Self criticism must be my guide to action, and the first rule for its employment is that in itself it is not a virtue, only a procedure.

Being American is, I think, a very difficult thing in art, because all the elements are European.

Education is one thing and instruction, however worthy, necessary and incidentally or monetarily educative, another.

When starting to think about any novel, part of the motive is: I'm going to show them, this time.