Brave men are all vertebrates they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author

The only words that ever satisfied me as describing Nature are the terms used in fairy books, charm, spell, enchantment. They express the arbitrariness of the fact and its mystery

I was planning to go into architecture. But when I arrived, architecture was filled up. Acting was right next to it, so I signed up for acting instead. [On his college registration experience]

A stiff apology is a second insult... The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged he wants to be healed because he has been hurt

An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered

Children are innocent and love justice, while most adults are wicked and prefer mercy

The artistic temperament is a disease that affects amateurs. Artists of a large and wholesome vitality get rid of their art easily, as they breathe easily or perspire easily. But in artists of less force the thing becomes a pressure, and produces def

All that we call spirit and art and ecstacy only means that for one awful instant we remember that we forgot

Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame