There is a marvelous turn and trick to British arrogance; its apparent unconsciousness makes it twice as effectual.

For your born writer, nothing is so healing as the realization that he has come upon the right word.

There is a marvelous turn and trick to British arrogance; its apparent unconsciousness makes it twice as effectual.

A woman's biography - with about eight famous historical exceptions - so often turns out to be the story of a man and the woman who helped his career.

Biographers, by their very nature, want to know everything about everybody, dead or alive.

Great artists treasure their time with a bitter and snarling miserliness.

Chamber music - a conversation between friends.