I can see every monster as they come in.

I know the next best thing is often the very best.

I haven't anything against whores, except this: some of them may have an honest tongue but they all have dishonest hearts.

The only obligation any artist can have is to himself. His work means nothing, otherwise. It has no meaning.

Friendship is a pretty full-time occupation if you really are friendly with somebody. You can't have too many friends because then you're just not really friends.

If Francoise Sagan hadn't written a book called A Chateau in Sweden, I would certainly write a short story called A Chateau in Puerto Rico. And I may yet.

The wind is us-- it gathers and remembers all our voices, then sends them talking and telling through the leaves and the fields.