To the artist is sometimes granted a sudden, transient insight which serves in this matter for experience. A flash, and where previously the brain held a dead fact, the soul grasps a living truth! At moments we are all artists.

Essential characteristic of the really great novelist: a Christ-like, all-embracing compassion.

As a rule people don't collect books; they let books collect themselves.

A true friend is one who likes you despite your achievements.

To the artist is sometimes granted a sudden, transient insight which serves in this matter for experience. A flash, and where previously the brain held a dead fact, the soul grasps a living truth! At moments we are all artists.

The test of a first-rate work, and a test of your sincerity in calling it a first-rate work, is that you finish it.

The moment you're born you're done for.