In the beginning when the world was young there were a great many thoughts but no such thing as truth. Man made the truths himself and each truth was a composite of a great many vague thoughts. All about in the world were truths and they were all beautiful.

There is this thing called life. We live it, not as we intend or wish, but as we are driven on by forces outside and inside ourselves.

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.

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

I know about her, although she has never crossed my path," he said softly. "I know about her struggles and her defeats. It is because of her defeats that she is to me the lovely one. Out of her defeats she has been born a new quality in woman. I have a name for it. I call it Tandy. I made up the name when I was a true dreamer and before my body became vile. It is the quality of being strong to be loved. It is something men need from women and that they do not get.

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