...free will does not mean one will, but many wills conflicting in one man. Freedom cannot be conceived simply.

I have found, in short, from reading my own writing, that my subject in fiction is the action of grace in territory largely held by the devil.

Unadaptability is often a virtue.

The fiction of Ayn Rand is as low as you can get re fiction. I hope you picked it up off the floor of the subway and threw it in the nearest garbage pail. She makes Mickey Spillane look like Dostoevsky.

I write any sort of rubbish which will cover the main outlines of the story, then I can begin to see it.

One of the awful things about writing when you are a Christian is that for you the ultimate reality is the Incarnation, the present reality is the Incarnation, and nobody believes in the Incarnation; that is, nobody in your audience. My audience are the people who think God is dead. At least these are the people I am conscious of writing for.

Accepting oneself does not preclude an attempt to become better.