1 have never met an author who admitted that people did not buy his book because it was dull.

A good rule for writers: Do not explain overmuch.

A good style should show no sign of effort. What is written should seem a happy accident.

A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her...but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account. W.

A woman will always sacrifice herself if you give her the opportunity. It is her favorite form of self- indulgence.

Affection is created by habit, community of interests, convenience and the desire of companionship. It is a comfort rather than an exhilaration.

American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope to find in their butlers.

An art is only great and significant if it is one that all may enjoy. The art of a clique is but a plaything.

AN UNFORTUNATE THING ABOUT THIS WORLD IS THAT THE GOOD HABITS ARE MUCH EASIER TO GIVE UP THAN THE BAD ONES.

Art for art's sake makes no more sense than gin for gin's sake. W.