California is an Italy without its art.
Every effect that one produces gives one an enemy. To be popular one must be a mediocrity.
To define is to limit.
Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life
The only thing in the world worse than being Oscar Wilde is not being Oscar Wilde.
When I think of all the harm [the Bible] has done, I despair of ever writing anything to equal it.