But to be quite oneself one must first waste a little time.

Dialogue should convey a sense of spontaneity but eliminate the repetitiveness of real talk.

A Bowen, in the first place, made Bowen's Court. Since then, with a rather alarming sureness, Bowen's Court has made all the succeeding Bowens.

one should discuss one's difficulties only when they are over.

The heart may think it knows better: the senses know that absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends.

Nobody speaks the truth when there's something they must have.

The importance to the writer of first writing must be out of all proportion of the actual value of what is written.