Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war.

Cowardice, as distinguished from panic, is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination.

Let’s not talk about how I am. It’s a subject I know too much about to want to think about anymore.

There are many who do not know they are fascists but will find it out when the time comes.

Eschew the monumental. Shun the Epic. All the guys who can paint great big pictures can paint great small ones.

That terrible mood of depression of whether it's any good or not is what is known as The Artist's Reward.

For a true writer each book should be a new beginning, where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment.