Art and morality are, with certain provisos…one. Their essence is the same. The essence of both of them is love. Love is the perception of individuals. Love is the extremely difficult realization that something other than oneself is real. Love, and so art and morals, is the discovery of reality.

A long marriage is very unifying, even if it's not ideal, and those old structures must be respected.

Good writing is full of surprises and novelties, moving in a direction you don't expect.

Literature could be said to be a sort of disciplined technique for arousing certain emotions.

We must live by the light of our own self-satisfaction, through that secret vital busy inwardness which is even more remarkable than our reason.

Real worship involves waiting.

The entry of a child into any situation changes the whole situation.