The test of any good fiction is that you should care something for the characters; the good to succeed, the bad to fail. The trouble with most fiction is that you want them all to land in hell, together, as quickly as possible.

I am only human, although I regret it.

Grief can take care if itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.

It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.

Next to possessing genius one's self is the power of appreciating it in others.

Man can seldom - very, very, seldom - fight a winning fight against his training; the odds are too heavy.

It's my opinion that every one I know has morals, though I wouldn't like to ask. I know I have. But I'd rather teach them than practice them any day. "Give them to others"-that's my motto.