Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.

Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.

Of all the bewildering things about a new country, the absence of human landmarks is one of the most depressing and disheartening.

To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that is presented to his view, but a creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies.

Sometimes I wonder why God ever trusts talent in the hands of women, they usually make such an infernal mess of it. I think He must do it as a sort of ghastly joke.

The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is.