What 'jazz' means to me is the worst kind of working conditions, the worst in cultural prejudice. The term 'jazz' has come to mean the abuse and exploitation of black musicians.

Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.

Jail doesn't teach anyone to do good, nor Siberia, but a man-yes! A man can teach another man to do good-believe me!

Anger is like ice, and also quick to melt

When a woman gets married it is like jumping into a hole in the ice in the middle of winter: you do it once and you remember it the rest of your days.

Writers build castles in the air, the reader lives inside, and the publisher inns the rent.

The most beautiful words in the English language are 'not guilty'.