Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it… Success is shy – it won’t come out while you’re watching. 265
Luxury is the wolf at the door and its fangs are the vanities and conceits germinated by success. When an artist learns this, he knows where the danger is. 457
I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends me back to my typewriter that very night, before the reviews are out. I am more compelled to get back to work than if I had a success. 269
When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone. 267
