Many People Must Live And Die Alone,

Above All Avoid Taking The Advice Of Men Who Have No Brains And Do Not Know What They Are Talking About.

Those Who Are To Follow The Arts Should Have A Training In What Is Called Poverty. Given A Comfortable Middle-class Start In Life, The Artist Is Almost Sure To End Up By Becoming A Bellyacher, Constantly Complaining Because The Public Does Not Rush Forward At Once To Proclaim Him.

It Has Long Been My Desire To Be A Little Worm In The Fair Apple Of Progress.

If You Are To Become A Writer You'll Have To Stop Fooling With Words.

My Father, A Ruined Dandy From The South, Had Been Reduced To Keeping A Small Harness-repair Shop And, When That Failed, He Became Ostensibly A House-and-barn Painter. However, He Did Not Call Himself A House-painter. The Idea Was Not Flashy Enough For Him. He Called Himself A "sign-writer.