These critics who crucify me do not guess the littlest part of my sincerity. They must be burned in a blaze. I cannot learn from them.
No one connected intimately with a writer has any appreciation of his temperament, except to think him overdoing everything.
I love my work but do not know how I write it.
I confess that reading proofs is a pleasure. It stimulates and inspires me.
Fishing is a condition of mind wherein you cannot possibly have a bad time.
Love of man for woman--love of woman for man. That's the nature, the meaning, the best of life itself.