"Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it."

"Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit."

"Love is what happens to men and women who don't know each other."

"She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit."

"There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are."

"It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent."