If people did not want their stories told, it would be better for them to keep away from me.

Most people are afraid to trust their imaginations and the artist is not.

It is all right you're saying you do not need other people, but there are a lot of people who need you.

The disease we all have and that we have to fight against all our lives is ... the disease of self.

I think you know that when an American stays away from New York too long something happens to him. Perhaps he becomes a little provincial, a little dead and afraid.

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

You can make a killing as a playwright in America, but you can't make a living.