Prose is architecture, not interior decoration, and the Baroque is over.

Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.

A serious writer is not to be confused with a solemn writer. A serious writer may be a hawk or a buzzard or even a popinjay, but a solemn writer is always a bl…

Madame, it is an old word and each one takes it new and wears it out himself. It is a word that fills with meaning as a bladder with air and the meaning goes o…