Books have to be read it is the only way of discovering what they contain.

A critic has no right to the narrowness which is the frequent prerogative of the creative artist.

People in a novel can be understood completely by the reader, if the novelist can be understood completely by the reader, if the novelist wishes; their inner as well as their outer life can be exposed.

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

But the body is deeper than the soul and its secrets inscrutable.

There's never any great risk as long as you have money.

Man can learn everything if he will but try.