Refecting on the high divorce rate in America as contrasted with England "American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope to find in their butlers

The ideas for stories that thronged my brain would not let me rest till I had got rid of them by writing them.

There are many foolish people in the world and when a man in a rather high position puts on no frills, slaps them on the back, and tells them he'll do anything in the world for them, they are very likely to think him clever.

and he loved her suddenly because she loved him.

The subjunctive mood is in its death throes, and the best thing to do is to put it out of its misery as soon as possible.

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.

Thank God, I can look at a sunset now without having to think how to describe it