"it is all very well for you to write simply and the simpler the better. But do not start to think so damned simply. Know how complicated it is and then state it simply."
"There is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly; sometimes it's like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges."
"Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you."
"I drink to make other people more interesting."
"All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know."
"it is all very well for you to write simply and the simpler the better. But do not start to think so damned simply. Know how complicated it is and then state it simply."