The mystic sees the ineffable, and the psychopathologist the unspeakable.

The audience is a very curious animal. It is shrewd rather than intelligent. Its mental capacity is less than that of its most intellectual members.

He did not care upon what terms he satisfied his passion. He had even a mad, melodramatic idea to drug her.

I travel because I like to move from place to place, I enjoy the sense of freedom it gives me, it pleases me to be rid of ties, responsibilities, duties, I like the unknown; I meet odd people who amuse me for a moment and sometimes suggest a theme for a composition; I am often tired of myself and I have a notion that by travel I can add to my personality and so change myself a little. I do not bring back from the journey quite the same self that I took

The Almighty can hardly be such a fool as the churches make out.

If nobody spoke unless he had something to say, the human race would very soon lose the use of speech.

The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.