Freedom so often means that one isn't needed anywhere. Here you are an individual, you have a background of your own, you would be missed. But off there in the cities there are thousands of rolling stones like me. We are all alike; we have no ties, we know nobody, we own nothing.

To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that is presented to his view, but a creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies.

The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is.

Most publishers, like most writers, are ruined by their successes.

Personal hatred and family affection are not incompatible; they often flourish and grow strong together.

Life was so short that it meant nothing at all unless it were continually reinforced by something that endured; unless the shadows of individual existence came and went against a background that held together.

New things are always ugly.