Then it is better, sir, to love whom one cannot have?" "Probably better," Lancelot said. "Certainly safer.

The curious hocus-pocus of criticism I can't take seriously. It consists in squirreling up some odd phrases and then waiting for a book to come running by.

In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.

The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.

They must be real people. And this means that every word in every line of speech must be accurate and full of some kind of meaning which stretches not only forward in the book but stems from before in the book.

If you want to keep a friend, never test him.

Best thing is to get the words down every day. And it is time to start now.