If You Treat Life Well, Life Is

Of Course The Illusion Of Art Is To Make One Believe That Great Literature Is Very Close To Life, But Exactly The Opposite Is True. Life Is Amorphous, Literature Is Formal.

Houses Are For Private Living, For Friends, And For Dogs.

It Would Be Bad Form For Me To Describe People I Don't Know And Don't Understand.

For Me Writing Is A Question Of Finding A Certain Rhythm. I Compare It To The Rhythms Of Jazz.

There Is A Certain Age When A Woman Must Be Beautiful To Be Loved, And Then There Comes A Time When She Must Be Loved To Be Beautiful.