I don't want realism. I'll tell you what I want. Magic! Yes, yes, magic! I try to give that to people. I misrepresent things to them. I don't tell the truth. I tell what ought to be truth. And if that is sinful, then let me be damned for it!

What on earth can you do on this earth but catch at whatever comes near you, with both your fingers, until your fingers are broken?

Hysteria is a natural phenomenon, the common denominator of the female nature. It's the female weapon and the test of a man is his ability to cope with it.

Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory.

The most dangerous word in any human tongue is the word for brother. It's inflammatory.

People go to the movies instead of moving.

The only unforgivable sin is deliberate cruelty.