“If you write something that you love beyond all reason, it is wrong and you should strike it out.”

“The Greeks say it's a sin against the gods to love something beyond all reason. And do you remember that they say when someone is loved so, the gods become jealous, and strike the object down in the very fullness of its flower?”

“In this profession mistakes are all a part of it. If you write something flawlessly you've done something wrong.”

“The Mayor's wrong -He's wrong forever and ever -It's not that you should never love something so much it can control you.It's that you need to love something that much so you can never be controlled.”

“Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.”

“I meditated on love and reasoned it out. I realized what is wrong with us. Men fall in love for the first time. And what do they fall in love with? ...They fall in love with a woman. They start at the wrong end of love. They begin at the climax. Can you wonder it is so miserable? Do you know how men should love? A tree. A rock. A cloud.”