“Show me a hero, and I'll write you a tragedy.”

“Give me a hero and I'll give you a tragedy.”

“But I hate to get anywhere by working for it. I'll show the marks, don't you know.”

“I may turn out an intellectual, but I'll never write anything but mediocre poetry.”

“Think how you love me,' she whispered. 'I don't ask you to love me always like this, but I ask you to remember.'You'll always be like this to me.'Oh no; but promise me you'll remember.' Her tears were falling. 'I'll be different, but somewhere lost inside me there'll always be the person I am tonight.”

“You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say.”

“What are you going to do? "Can't say - run for president, write -" "Greenwich Village?" "Good heavens, no - I said write - not drink.”