John O'Hara

America may be unique in being a country which has leapt from barbarism to decadence without touching civilization.

An artist is his own fault.

Much as I like owning a Rolls-Royce, I could do without it. What I could not do without is a typewriter, a supply of yellow second sheets and the time to put them to good use.

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?