I'll give you the whole secret to short story writing. Here it is. Rule 1: Write stories that please yourself. There is no Rule 2.

When a man begins to be hilarious in a sorrowful way you can bet a million that he is dyeing his hair.

A story with a moral appended is like the bill of a mosquito. It bores you, and then injects a stinging drop to irritate your conscience.

I'll give you the whole secret to short story writing. Here it is. Rule 1: Write stories that please yourself. There is no Rule 2.

It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York.

Women's weapon, water-drops.

We may achieve climate, but weather is thrust upon us.