That is an editor. He is trying to think of a word. He props his feet on a chair, which is the editor's way; then he can think better. I do not care much for this one; his ears are not alike; still, editor suggests the sound of Edward, and he will do. I could make him better if I had a model, but I made this one from memory. But is no particular matter; they all look alike, anyway. They are conceited and troublesome, and don't pay enough.

It is a gratification to me to know that I am ignorant of art... Because people who understand art find nothing in pictures but blemishes.

There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded.

An inglorious peace is better than a dishonorable war.

Annihilation has no terrors for me, because I have already tried it before I was born --a hundred million years --and I have suffered more in an hour, in this life, than I remember to have suffered in the whole hundred million years put together.

It is a shameful thing to insult a child.

But old fools is the biggest fools there is.