"A woman who writes commits two sins;..." - Quote by Alphonse Karr

“Women's glances express what they dare not speak.”

“Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.”

“We can invent only with memory.”

“Other women who are killing it should motivate you, thrill you, challenge you and inspire you.”

“Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our gigantic intellects.”

“A good woman is a hidden treasure; who discovers her will do well not to boast about it.”

“Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea.”

“For a true writer each book should be a new beginning where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment. He should always try for something that has never been done or that others have tried and failed. Then sometimes, with great luck, he will succeed.”

“If the writer does not cry, the reader does not cry.”