I don't think the English like me. I sold a colossal best seller in America, and they never really forgave me.

He felt himself in suspension between the two worlds, the warm, neat civilization behind his back, the cool, dark mystery outside. We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words.

That was the tragedy. Not that one man had the courage to be evil. But that millions had not the courage to be good.

There is no plan. All is hazard. And the only thing that will preserve us is ourselves.

The power of women! I've never felt so full of mysterious power. Men are a joke. We're so weak physically, so helpless with things. Still, even today. But we're stronger than they are. We can stand their cruelty. They can't stand ours.

If you want to be true to life, start lying about it

Thomas Beecham was a pompous little band-master who stood against everything creative in the art of his time.