The artist can within limits make what he likes of his life... It is only the artist, and maybe the criminal, who can make his own.

You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers. You waste a lot of time going down blind alleys if you have no one to lead you.

To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.

Tolerance is another word for indifference.

A good style should show no signs of effort. What is written should seem a happy accident.

When a man's in love, he at once makes a pedestal of the Ten Commandments and stands on the top of them with his arms akimbo. When a woman's in love she doesn't care two straws for Thou Shalt and Thou Shalt Not.

What mean and cruel things men can do for the love of God.