Irish? In truth I would not want to be anything else. It is a state of mind as well as an actual country. It is being at odds withother nationalities, having quite different philosophy about pleasure, about punishment, about life, and about death. At least it does not leave one pusillanimous.

Movie people are possessed by demons, but a very low form of demons.

It's not the vote women need, we should be armed.

Writers are always anxious, always on the run--from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the world.

She said the reason that love is so painful is that it always amounts to two people wanting more than two people can give.

never forget this moment, the hum of the bee, the saffron threads of the flower, the drawn blinds, nature's assiduousness and human cruelty.

...people liking you or not liking you is an accident and is to do with them and not you. That goes for love too, only more so.