patience is an integral part of talent.

People don't speak of hunger when they know what it is to be hungry.

cats will be clean in a pigsty while pigs will be dirty in a marble hall.

the seat of the greatest patriotic loyalties is in the stomach. Long after giving up all attachment to the land of his birth, the naturalized American citizen holds fast to the food of his parents.

To me, writing is not a profession. You might as well call living a profession. Or having children. Anything you can't help doing.

Worries are the most stubborn habits in the world. Even after a poor man has won a huge lottery prize, he will still for months wake up in the night with a start, worrying about food and rent.

patience is an integral part of talent.