failure in the theater is more public, more brilliant, more unreal than in any other field.

I'm good at embroidery. It's what I always wanted to do.... Yep, instead of whoring, I just wanted to do fancy embroidery.

Nowadays people write English as if a rat were caught in the typewriter and they were trying to hit the keys which wouldn't disturb it.

I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.

Callous greed grows pious very fast.

The judgment of music, like the inspiration for it, must come slow and measured, if it comes with truth.

Writers are interesting people, but often mean and petty.