I certainly admire people who do things.

It is pretty obvious that the debasement of the human mind caused by a constant flow of fraudulent advertising is no trivial thing. There is more than one way to conquer a country

It is a language which is being molded by writers to do delicate things and yet be in the grasp of superficially educated people.

A city with all the personality of a paper cup. (On Los Angeles)

The most durable thing in writing is style, and style is the single most valuable investment a writer can make with his time.

As it is she will probably turn out to be one of these acid-faced virgins that sit behind little desks in public libraries and stamp dates in books.

Not only is the motion picture an art, but it is the one entirely new art that has been evolved on this planet for hundreds of years. It is the only art at which we of this generation have any possible chance to greatly excel.