I don't like people. I don't like any kind of people. When you get them together in a big lump they all get nasty and dirty and full of trouble. So I don't like people including you. That's what a misanthropist is.

Hemingway hated me. I sold 200 million books, and he didn't. Of course most of mine sold for 25 cents, but still... you look at all this stuff with a grain of salt.

Inspiration is an empty bank account.

If the public likes you, you're good.

I'm a commercial writer, not an author. Margaret Mitchell was an author. She wrote one book.

No one likes my books except the public.

I have no fans. You know what I got? Customers. And customers are your friends.