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

History is, in its essence, exciting; to present it as dull is, to my mind, stark and unforgivable misrepresentation.

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

What the writer needs is an empty day ahead.

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.

Writing is not apart from living. Writing is a kind of double living.

What pioneer ever had chart and a lighthouse to steer by?