There is nothing more guaranteed to reduce a man to the essentials than to live beneath the sky.

I am of the firm belief that everybody could write books and I never understand why they don't. After all, everybody speaks. Once the grammar has been learnt it is simply talking on paper and in time learning what not to say.

The prize I value most was given to me 60 years ago. I was named the girl with the cleanest fingernails.

Once the grammar has been learned, writing is simply talking on paper and in time learning what not to say.

The vital accessories to my work are my reference books, such as the complete Shakespeare and a prayer book, and a large refuse bin.

Everything else you grow out of, but you never recover from childhood.

When passion is mutual, there is always the danger of the fire burning to ashes.