A good stylist should have narcissistic enjoyment as he works. He must be able to objectivize his work to such an extent that he catches himself feeling envious and has to jog his memory to find that he is himself the creator. In short, he must display that highest degree of objectivity which the world calls vanity.

Let language be the divining rod that finds the sources of thought.

There are writers who can express in as little as twenty pages what I occasionally need as many as two for.

A good stylist should have narcissistic enjoyment as he works. He must be able to objectivize his work to such an extent that he catches himself feeling envious and has to jog his memory to find that he is himself the creator. In short, he must display that highest degree of objectivity which the world calls vanity.

Life is an effort that deserves a better cause.

When I read, it is not acted literature; but what I write is written acting.

In a hollow head there is much room for knowledge.