There is within every human being a deep well of thinking over which a heavy iron lid is kept clamped.

It might be that women who have beennurses should not marry physicians. They have too much respect for physicians, are taughtto have too much respect

I have seldom written a story, long or short, that I did not have to write and rewrite. There are single stories of mine that have taken me ten or twelve years to get written.

Many people must live and die alone, even in Winesburg.

I feel that I am writing out of a full life. I am a rich man, rich in men known, in adventures had. I am rich with living.

Dare to be strong and courageous. That is the road. Venture anything. Be brave enough to dare to be loved. Be something more than man or woman. Be Tandy.

I think that those of us who are what are called intellectuals make a terrible mistake in overvaluing the yen we have for the arts, books, etc. There is a sweet, fine quality in life that has nothing to do with this, and more and more I find myself valuing myself with those people.