If you do not write for publication, there is little point in writing at all.

Why not give Christianity a trial?

What Englishman will give his mind to politics as long as he can afford to keep a motor car?

Marriage is to me apostasy, profanation of the sanctuary of my soul, violation of my manhood, sale of my birthright, shameful surrender, ignominious capitulation, acceptance of defeat.

It is not disbelief that is dangerous to our society; it is belief.

Never believe anything a writer tells you about himself. A man comes to believe in the end the lies he tells himself about himself.

As I write, there is a craze for what is called psychoanalysis, or the cure of diseases by explaining to the patient what is the matter with him: an excellent plan if you happen to know what is the matter with him, especially when the explanation is that there is nothing the matter with him.