"I fell in love with her courage, her sincerity, and her flaming self respect. And it's these things I'd believe in, even if the whole world indulged in wild suspicions that she wasn't all she should be. I love her and it is the beginning of everything."
"A great social success is a pretty girl who plays her cards as carefully as if she were plain."
"Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke."
"It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won't save us any more than love did."
"An artist is someone who can hold two opposing viewpoints and still remain fully functional."
"Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over."