Life - No, I've nothing to teach you about it for the moment. May be writing about it another week.

A novelist can shift view-point if it comes off. ... Indeed, this power to expand and contract perception (of which the shifting view-point is a symptom), this right to intermittent knowledge - I find one of the great advantages of the novel-form ... this intermittence lends in the long run variety and colour to the experiences we receive.

Freedom does not guarantee masterpieces.

A novel must give a sense of permanence as well as a sense of life.

The emotions may be endless. The more we express them, the more we may have to express.

While her lips talked culture, her heart was planning to invite him to tea

Love is always being given where it is not required.