Men Cannot Be Free In A Nation

No Writer, I Believe, Should Attempt A Novel Before He Is Thirty, And Not Then Unless He Has Been Hopelessly And Helplessly Involved In Life. For The Writer Who Goes Out To Find Material For A Novel, As A Fishermen Goes Out To Sea To Fish, Will Certainly Not Write A Good Novel. Life Has To Be Lived Thoughtlessly, Unconsciously, At Full Tilt And For No Purpose Except Its Own Sake Before It Becomes, Eventually, Good Material For A Novel.

Chinese Are Wise In Comprehending Without Many Words What Is Inevitable And Inescapable And Therefore Only To Be Borne.

The Truly Creative Mind In Any Field Is No More Than This: A Human Creature Born Abnormally, Inhumanly Sensitive. To Him... A Touch Is A Blow, A Sound Is A Noise, A Misfortune Is A Tragedy, A Joy Is An Ecstasy, A Friend Is A Lover, A Lover Is A God, And Failure Is Death.

There Will Be No Real Content Among American Women Unless They Are Made And Kept More Ignorant Or Unless They Are Given Equal Opportunity With Men To Use What They Have Been Taught. And American Men Will Not Be Really Happy Until Their Women Are.

The Bitterest Creature Under Heaven Is The Wife Who Discovers That Her Husband's Bravery Is Only Bravado, That His Strength Is Only A Uniform, That His Power Is But A Gun In The Hands Of A Fool.