As usual she had a deceptive air of perspicacity.

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.

One should have the courage of one's loneliness.

Expectation is the springboard of achievement.

Custom makes monsters of us all.

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.

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires a great deal of strength to decide what to do.

If You want to put me in Space I Mean take me somewhere rather than just driving around the block

There can be no autonomous agent with unitary interests called 'society' that exerts causal influence. This is a logical impossibility

All the legislation in the world will not abolish kissing.

I don't care if people think I am an overactor, as long as they enjoy what I do. People who think that would call Van Gogh an overpainter.

If you want something really important to be done you must not merely satisfy the reason, you must move the heart also.

Yoga is the cessation of mind.

Enemies, as well as lovers, come to resemble each other over a period of time.

Of course there is nothing the matter with the stars It is my emptiness among them While they drift farther away in the invisible morning

Our national drug is alcohol. We tend to regard the use of any other drug with special horror.