“Art covers not even a corner of life, only a knot or two here and there, far apart and without relation to the pattern. How could we hope that it would ever bring order and beauty to the whole of that vast and intractable fabric, that sail flapping in the contrary winds of the universe?”

“Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.”

“Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.”

“There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intelligence.”

“Journalism: an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space.”

“Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a person's mind.”

“It is the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires.”

“I take it as a prime cause of the present confusion of society that it is too sickly and too doubtful to use pleasure as a test of value.”

“Nobody likes having salt rubbed into their wounds even if it is the salt of the earth.”

“Nothing succeeds like failure.”

“There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues. That is all.”