We lose the magic whenever we stop telling our story and begin to wonder how we're doing, if we're selling it, if the listener likes us. Just tell the story and go on to the next one. All of us are full of stories the world might want to hear.

Since that day, when people have spoken to me of "genius", I have felt the inside pocket to make sure my wallet's still there.

Girls that aren't cut out for business careers usually wind up married to some nice man.

Go, then! Go to the moon-you selfish dreamer!

For there was a conspiracy of dullness in the world, a universal plan to shut out the resurgences of spirit which might interfere with clockwork. Better to keep your elevation unseen until it is higher than strangers' hands can reach to pull you down to their level.

The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.

I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends me back to my typewriter that very night, before the reviews are out. I am more compelled to get back to work than if I had a success.