Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think, creation's.
A critic has no right to the narrowness which is the frequent prerogative of the creative artist.
If God could tell the story of the Universe, the Universe would become fictitious.
There are occasions when I would rather feel like a fly than a spider.
Nonsense and beauty have close connections.
But this time I'm not to blame; I want you to believe that. I simply slipped into those violets. No, I want to be really truthful. I am a little to blame. The sky, you know, was gold, and the ground all blue, and for a moment he looked like some one in a book.