It is a curious thing that when one speaks from the heart it is invariably in the worst of taste.

You must be able to write. You must have a sense of form, of pattern, of design. You must have a respect for and a mastery over words.

As usual she had a deceptive air of perspicacity.

if you go through life looking for insults, you may be comfortably assured of finding them.

Above all things-read. Read the great stylists who cannot be copied rather than the successful writers who must not be copied.

One should have the courage of one's loneliness.

No art should be fashionable.