Should they whisper false of you, Never trouble to deny; Should the words they say be true, Weep and storm and say they lie.

But I don't give up; I forget why not.

ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.

There must be a magnificent disregard of your reader, for if he cannot follow you, there is nothing you can do about it.

All those writers who write about their own childhood! Gentle God, if I wrote about mine you wouldn't sit in the same room with me.

Gratitude - the meanest and most snivelling attribute in the world.

I don't want to review books any more. It cuts in too much on my reading.