Amos, talk about pearls for teeth... you got ’em. No wonder the boys go for you, because I could too and if I had something to push between those pearly teeth I’d be first in line.

The worse the author, the more he is known.

Great books, if long enough and full of topical description and contemporary comment, were now coming into even wider public favor. The lengthier and fuller of comment, the better.

Never deprecate another person’s sufferings even when imaginary.

If you’re a writer, you have to be an egomaniac. You have to just believe in yourself, which is hard work.

He’s America in action – opposed to quality.

New York has collapsed.

Most books don’t even come into the world with the noise of the still-born.

She made no point of concealing the truth, for the truth was all she could bear now.

I’ve never been in fashion. Not at all.