There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.

It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.

To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.

There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don't need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal, picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain.

Dare to risk public criticism.

Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.

The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching.

I like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally wandering down the shop.

Will and intellect are one and the same thing.

Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.

A lot of people don't realize that depression is an illness. I don't wish it on anyone, but if they would know how it feels, I swear they would think twice before they just shrug it.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

The battle for women's rights has been largely won.

Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.

As long as we believe in absurdities we shall continue to commit atrocities.

I fully realize that no wealth or position can long endure, unless built upon truth and justice; therefore, I will engage in no transaction which does not benefit all whom it affects.

There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army.

What's with you men? Would hair stop growing on your chest if you asked directions somewhere?

A lie never lives to be old.

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and untrue at the same time.