I have no concern for the common man except that he should not be so common.

The opportunities for heroism are limited in this kind of world: the most people can do is sometimes not to be as weak as they've been at other times.

I opened the large central window of my office room to its full on the fine early May morning. Then I stood for a few moments, breathing in the soft, warm air that was charged with the scent of white lilacs below.

The roots of art and play lie very close together.

Once a Catholic always a Catholic.

All fiction for me is a kind of magic and trickery, a confidence trick, trying to make people believe something is true that isn't.

Life isn't just to be found, you have to work for it.