"To you I am neither man nor woman. I come before you as an author only. It is the sole standard by which you have a right to judge me--the sole ground on which I accept your judgment."
"I write because I cannot NOT write."
"I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward."
"The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed."
"Men judge us by the success of our efforts. God looks at the efforts themselves."
"Writers cannot choose their own mood: with them it is not always hide-tide, nor --thank Heaven!--always Storm."