Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
A neurosis is a secret that you don't know you are keeping.
Laughing is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot.
The only difference between a rut and a grave... is in their dimensions.
Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.
Why do writers write? Because it isn't there.
Never feel self-pity, the most destructive emotion there is. How awful to be caught up in the terrible squirrel cage of self.