Custom makes monsters of us all.

You must be able to write. You must have a sense of form, of pattern, of design. You must have a respect for and a mastery over words.

It is a curious thing that when one speaks from the heart it is invariably in the worst of taste.

if you go through life looking for insults, you may be comfortably assured of finding them.

No coffee is ever quite as good as it smells.

Above all things-read. Read the great stylists who cannot be copied rather than the successful writers who must not be copied.

As usual she had a deceptive air of perspicacity.

One should have the courage of one's loneliness.

Expectation is the springboard of achievement.

No art should be fashionable.

Above all things -- read. Read the great stylists who cannot be copied rather than the successful writers who must not be copied.

All women speak two languages:
the language of men
and the language of silent suffering.
 Some women speak a third, 
the language of queens.

Is this a kissing book?

Genius has oftenest been the pariah of his time, the unhoused god whom none cared for, unnamed till they whom he first promoted, enriched and honored, found it honorable to own their benefactor.

In Canada the cancer death rate is 16% higher than in the U.S. because of rationing of medical care. It takes an eight week wait to get radiation therapy for cancer.

This would be a much better world if more married couples were as deeply in love as they are in debt.

I think of a lot of comedy being watched alone, for some reason. It's surprising to me that people are getting together to watch stand-up comedy.

Regarding Christianity: Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt.

There are so many fragile things, after all. People break so easily, and so do dreams and hearts.

I wanted to play some more grown-up music - jazz.

I'm a prodigal son. The black sheep of a white flock. I shall die on the gallows.