Everyone should keep someone else’s diary.
I have never killed anyone, but I have often read about some guy getting his ass taken out with great pleasure.
The form of government that is most suitable to the artist is no government at all. Authority over him and his art is ridiculous.
A woman who cannot make her mistakes charming, is only a female.
And certainly once a man begins to neglect his domestic duties he becomes painfully effeminate, does he not? And I don’t like that. It makes men so very attractive.
The chin a little higher, dear. Style largely depends on the way the chin is worn. They are worn very high, just at present.
No publisher should ever express an opinion of the value of what he publishes. That is a matter entirely for the literary critic to decide.
Now it seems to me that love of some kind is the only possible explanation of the extraordinary amount of suffering that there is in the world.
Marco Polo had seen the inhabitants of Zipangu place rose-colored pearls in the mouths of the dead. A sea-monster had been enamoured of the pearl that the diver brought to King Perozes, and had slain the thief, and mourned for seven moons over its loss.
God, bless me with luxury. Necessities I can do without.
If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well. If it is worth having, it is worth waiting for. If it is worth attaining, it is worth fighting for. If it is worth experiencing, it is worth putting aside time for.
It is perfectly possible to get what you think you want and be miserable. It’s possible too, to never get it but deeply enjoy the process of trying. In this world, there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
Learn to differentiate between ignorance and stupidity.
The best people to work for are me, myself and I.
There is no Mystery so great as Misery.
To live in this world is a rare thing; most people just exist.
A true artist takes no notice whatever of the public. The public to him are non-existent.
When I was young, I was no one. Now, I’m worldwilde.
Whenever I’m in doubt, I ask myself, ‘What would Jesus do?’ And then I realize, Jesus got crucified, so maybe his decision-making isn’t all that great.
A publisher is simply a useful middle-man.