We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to.

I know that you're selfish, selfish beyond words, and I know that you haven't the nerve of a rabbit, I know you're a liar and a humbug, I know that you're utterly contemptible. And the tragic part is'--her face was on a sudden distraught with pain--'the tragic part is that notwithstanding I love you with all my heart.

We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.

The most valuable thing I have learned from life is to regret nothing.

It's no use crying over spilt milk, because all of the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it.

You know, the Philistines have long since discarded the rack and stake as a means of suppressing the opinions they feared: they've discovered a much more deadly weapon of destruction -- the wisecrack.

Great writers create; writers of smaller gifts copy