We Can Talk Frankly About Our Defects

I Knew A Man Who Had Been Virtually Drowned And Then Revived. He Said That His Death Had Not Been Painful.

A Man Cannot Free Himself From The Past More Easily Than He Can From His Own Body.

The Need To Express Oneself In Writing Springs From A Mal-adjustment To Life, Or From An Inner Conflict Which The Adolescent (or The Grown Man) Cannot Resolve In Action. Those To Whom Action Comes As Easily As Breathing Rarely Feel The Need To Break Loose From The Real, To Rise Above, And Describe It... I Do Not Mean That It Is Enough To Be Maladjusted To Become A Great Writer, But Writing Is, For Some, A Method Of Resolving A Conflict, Provided They Have The Necessary Talent.

The Reputation Of A Don Juan Gives To A Man The Most Dangerous Power. Wise Virgins Resist It, But Foolish Virgins Frequently Yield To The Desire To Take A Celebrated Lover From A Rival - Even From A Friend. This Emotion Is A Complex One, Mad Up Of Vanity, Respect For Another Woman's Taste, And The Need To Establish Self-assurance By Winning A Difficult Victory. Don Juan Chose His First Mistresses; Later He Was Chosen.

Novelty, The Most Potent Of All Attractions, Is Also The Most Perishable.