“Half the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of them”
“Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.”
“Half the world criesHalf the world laughsHalf the world triesTo be the other half”
“A painting that is well composed is half finished.”
“Half of the people lie with their lips; the other half with their tears”
“I . . . am always half afraid of finding a clever novel too clever--& of finding my own story & my own people all forestalled.”