Some day some one will write a book about that frantic search of the creative worker for silence and freedom, not only from interruption but from the fear of interruption.

The mystery story is two stories in one: the story of what happened and the story of what appeared to happen.

every act of one's life is the unavoidable result of every act that has preceded it.

It was said of Miss Letitia that when money came into her possession it went out of circulation.

The only way to make a husband over according to one's ideas ... would be to adopt him at an early age, say four.

there is no truly honest autobiography.

Great loves were almost always great tragedies. Perhaps it was because love was never truly great until the element of sacrifice entered into it.