The business of the artist is not to escape from his material medium or bully it, but to serve it; but to serve it, he must love it. If he does so, he will realise that in its service is perfect freedom.

But you see, I can believe a thing without understanding it. It's all a matter of training.

Don't be so damned discouraging," said Wimsey. "I have already carefully explained to you that this time I am investigating this business. Anybody would think you had no confidence in me." "People have been wrongly condemned before now." "Exactly; simply because I wasn't there." "I never thought of that.

[O]ne can scarcely be frightened off writing what one wants to write for fear an obscure reviewer should patronise one on that account.

Paradoxical as it may seem, to believe in youth is to look backward; to look forward we must believe in age.

Those who make some other person their job... are dangerous.

Every time a man expects, as he says, his money to work for him, he is expecting other people to work for him.