There is no pulse so sure of the state of a nation as its characteristic art product which has nothing to do with its material life.

You never answer a question nobody does.

The times are so peculiar now, so mediaeval so unreasonable that for the first time in a hundred years truth is really stranger than fiction. Any truth.

It is so friendly so simply friendly and though inevitable not a sadness and though occurring not a shock.

There is something in this native land business and you cannot get away from it, in peace time you do not seem to notice it much particularly when you live in foreign parts but when there is a war and you are all alone and completely cut off from knowing about your country well then there it is, your native land is your native land, it certainly is.

Coffee is real good when you drink it gives you time to think. It's a lot more than just a drink; it's something happening. Not as in hip, but like an event, a place to be, but not like a location, but like somewhere within yourself. It gives you time, but not actual hours or minutes, but a chance to be, like be yourself, and have a second cup.

A little artist has all the tragic unhappiness and the sorrows of a great artist and he is not a great artist.