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

I was growing tired of all the fussing and prevaricating, of the stolen hours and the secret rendez-vous; of the small indignities and broad discomfort that are part and parcel of adultery.

men don't make different mistakes at different periods of their lives. They make the same mistake over and over again and they pay a bigger and bigger price for it.

I've been in New York only a few days and I have learned only two words of your language: one is Swell, and the other is Lousy. ... 'It's swell to be with you and excuse, please, my lousy English!

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

serious difficulties don't vanish by themselves, they are standing around your bed when you open the eyes the next morning.

Marriage always demands the greatest understanding of the art of insincerity possible between two human beings.