Fame: An Embalmer Trembling With Stage Fright.

The Truth Is . . . That The Great Artists Of The World Are Never Puritans, And Seldom Ever Ordinarily Respectable. No Virtuous Man - That Is, Virtuous In The Ymca Sense - Has Ever Painted A Picture Worth Looking At, Or Written A Symphony Worth Hearing, Or A Book Worth Reading, And It Is Highly Improbable That The Thing Has Ever Been Done By A Virtuous Woman.

The Instant I Reach Heaven, I'm Going To Speak To God Very Sharply.

There Are Some People Who Read Too Much: The Bibliobibuli.

I Know Some Who Are Constantly Drunk On Books As Other Men Are Drunk On Whiskey.

I Think The Negro People Should Feel Secure Enough By Now To Face A Reasonable Ridicule Without Terror. I Am Unalterably Opposed To All Efforts To Put Down Free Speech, Whatever The Excuse.