The writer's only responsibility is to his art.

You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.

Don't be 'a writer'. Be writing.

I never promise a woman anything nor let her know what I'm going to give her. That's the only way to manage them. Always keep them guessing. If you cant think of any other way to surprise them, give them a bust in the jaw.

Life is a process of preparing to be dead for a long time.

It is my ambition to be, as a private individual, abolished and voided from history, leaving it markless.

There were many things I could do for two or three days and earn enough money to live on for the rest of the month. By temperament I'm a vagabond and a tramp.