Wariness had driven away poetry; from hesitating to feel came the moment when you no longer could.

Convention was our safeguard: could one have stronger?

Not only is there no question of solitude, but in the long run we may not choose our company.

Solitary and farouche people don't have relationships; they are quite unrelatable.

I became, and remain, my characters' close and intent watcher: their director, never. Their creator I cannot feel that I was, or am.

A romantic man often feels more uplifted with two women than with one: his love seems to hit the ideal mark somewhere between two different faces.

With three or more people there is something bold in the air: direct things get said which would frighten two people alone and conscious of each inch of their nearness to one another. To be three is to be in public - you feel safe.