Life was hard on mothers; but then, they just didn't understand.

If you let conditions stop you from working, they'll always stop you.

America is so vast that almost everything said about it is likely to be true, and the opposite is probably equally true.

Neither man nor God is going to tell me what to write.

The danger of censorship in cultural media increases in proportion to the degree to which one approaches the winning of a mass audience.

Studs Lonigan, on the verge of fifteen, and wearing his first suit of long trousers, stood in the bathroom with a Sweet Caporal pasted on his mug.

Life is sad enough without people writing sad books.

There's one good kind of writer - a dead one.

So long, Lee. Give our regards to the Kaiser. And tell him there's a few boys on 58th Street who'll throw a party for him if he'll drop around.

America is so vast that almost everything said about it is likely to be true and the opposite is probably equally true.

Be confident, be bold! These are your life greatest strength for success.

Painting seems like some kind of peculiar miracle that I need to have again and again.

Tea! Bless ordinary everyday afternoon tea!

The only way to break the cycle of unwed motherhood, fatherless children, poverty, crime, and welfare is to recognize that welfare causes more problems than it cures.

I wasn't born with a tie or with Mark Shields stapled to my left hip. I have another life.

You've got to suffer for your art sometimes!

I have begun to listen to the teachings my blood whispers to me.

Money is a living thing.

Never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.