In every artist we can perceive a man with both a message and a method. His message may be innate in him, but his method he has to acquire from others.

A highbrow is a person educated beyond his intelligence.

To be clear is the first duty of a writer; to charm and to please are graces to be acquired later.

Give a good deed the credit of a good motive; and give an evil deed the benefit of the doubt.

Be brief, be buoyant, and be brilliant.

A gentleman need not know Latin, but he should at least have forgotten it.

When I have no idea, I gnaw my nails and invoke the aid of Providence.

A gentleman need not know Latin but he should at least have forgotten it.

I believe one would write better if the climate were bad. If there were a lot of wind and storms for example...

Instead of saying they rose all the way to the top, we should say they learned all the way to the top.

You said, ‘Ramsey…oh Ramsey…please.’ Please, what?” She looked him straight in the eyes. “Please…let my people go!

Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.

A dirge for her the doubly dead in that she died so young.

A childlike mind in its simplicity practises that science of good to which the wise may be blind.

Go safely. Go safely, she thought to him. what a silly, empty thing it was to say to anyone, anywhere.

I'd give all the wealth that years have piled, the slow result of life's decay, To be once more a little child for one bright summer day.

I think Kurt Cobain and Nirvana represent this giant wave that came crashing in and turned music on its head again, and there's definitely something to be said for that.

This was something that was obsessing me and creating a writer's block. To get involved and get stuck in, get the proper information about what's going on has really helped.