I like all my children, even the squat and ugly ones.

I do insist on making what I hope is sense so there's always a coherent narrative or argument that the reader can follow.

Religion and science both profess peace (and the sincerity of the professors is not being doubted), but each always turns out to have a dominant part in any war that is going or contemplated.

History is where tensions were.

The historian is terribly responsible to what he can discern are the facts of the case, but he's nothing if he doesn't make out a case.

Short stories amount for the most part to parlour tricks, party favours with built-in snappers, gadgets for including recognition and reversals

I think there's one thing which distinguishes our art - we don't consider. We don't think. We write a little verse because it comes to us.