I used to throw things out, saying, 'This isn't great.' It didn't occur to me that it didn't have to be great.

Every man in the world is better than someone else and not as good someone else.

Every artist is in everything he creates, and indeed if the truth is told, every person is in his life, in his work, whatever his work may be, and this is visible in his face, figure, stance, movement, and totality.

The best that can be said for anybody is probably that you misunderstood him favorably.

I have never received a telephone call that justified the excitement and fuss of the electronics involved. If I can't see somebody I love, for instance, such as a daughter, or a son, I would rather receive a letter.

It is a pity, in my opinion, that no prize exists for the writer who best refrains from adding to the world's bad books.

Lionel whispered because he was under the impression that it was out of respect for books, not consideration for readers.