There is a sort of man who pays no attention to his good actions, but is tormented by his bad ones. This is the type that most often writes about himself.

Writing is the supreme solace.

In business sharp practice sometimes succeeds, but in art honesty is not only the best but the only policy.

The first duty of a woman is to be pretty, the second is to be well-groomed, and the third is never to contradict.

If you can tell stories, create characters, devise incidents, and have sincerity and passion, it doesn't matter a damn how you write.

I am afraid of people with too much charm. They devour you. In the end you are made a sacrifice to the exercise of their fascinating gift and their insincerity.

What do we any of us have but our illusions? And what do we ask of others but that we be allowed to keep them?