I Do Not Believe In

Should Novels Generally Be 600 Pages? No, They Should Not. Half Of Writing, Maybe 3/4 Of Writing, Is Editing. This Seems To Be A Thing That Has Not Gotten Through To Them. It's My Impression That You Could Get Rid Of Half Of Most Of These Books. These People Are Not Good Enough To Be This Long, But They're Apparently Also Not Good Enough To Be Shorter.

This Idea That People Have To Love And Understand Each Other Is Absurd. It's Not Human Nature.

I Place A High Moral Value On The Way People Behave. I Find It Repellent To Have A Lot, And To Behave With Anything Other Than Courtesy In The Old Sense Of The Word - Politeness Of The Heart, A Gentleness Of The Spirit.

If You Can Stay In Love For More Than Two Years, You're On Something.

Perhaps The Least Cheering Statement Ever Made On The Subject Of Art Is That Life Imitates It.