I went to the little window and inhaled the country air. One could hear the breathing of the night, feminine, enormous.("The Blue Bouquet")

You don’t even have to love your job

The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities.

I am a mediocre being, a bit cunning.

From school desks with inkwells and scratchy nibs on paper to sweaty finger prints on a tablet... technology progression yes... style?

I became a man. Before that I was a little boy.

Potency does not mean being unnecessarily aggressive; one has to be wise.

The thing I love about Dickens is the omniscient, omnipotent narrator, and the great confidence of the narrator, which marks 19th-century novelists in general and Dickens in particular.

it is not necessary to accept everything as true, one must only accept it as necessary.' 'A melancholy conclusion,' said K. 'It turns lying into a universal principle.

So I fancy my Muse says, when I wish to die, Oh no, Oh no, we are not yet friends enough, And Virtue also says: We are not yet friends enough.

If you really want to help the American theater, don't be an actress, dahling. Be an audience.