Mnemosyne, one must admit, has shown herself to be a very careless girl.

Adultery is a most conventional way to rise above the conventional.

Caress the detail, the divine detail.

Do not be awed by giant predecessors. Be ill-tempered with their renown. Point out flaws. Frighten interviewers from Time. Appear in Playboy. Sell to the movies.

Devices which in some curious new way imitate nature are attractive to simple minds.

Literature is invention. Fiction is fiction. To call a story a true story is an insult to both art and truth.

Imagination, the supreme delight of the immortal and the immature, should be limited. In order to enjoy life, we should not enjoy it too much.