Who said “In art economy is always beauty.”?

“Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.”

“A writer is unfair to himself when he is unable to be hard on himself.”

“Words and sentences are subject to revision; paragraphs and whole compositions are subjects of prevision.”

“Editing should be, especially in the case of old writers, a counseling rather than a collaborating task. The tendency of the writer-editor to collaborate is natural, but he should say to himself, ''How can I help this writer to say it better in his own style?'' and avoid ''How can I show him how I would write it, if it were my piece?''”

“When in doubt, delete it.”

“The fatal futility of Fact.”

“Deep experience is never peaceful.”

“The terrible fluidity of self-revelation.”

“The time-honored bread-sauce of the happy ending.”

“Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there.”

“It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.”