My family pleaded with me to forget literature and do something sensible, such as find some sort of useful work.

I can't stand people who say 'I told you so.' That's worse than somebody coming up and eating your dinner before you have a chance to sit down.

The art is more important than the artist. The work is more important than the person who does it. You must be prepared to sacrifice all the you could possibly have, be, or do; you must be willing to go all the way for your art. If it is a question between choosing between your life and a work of art -- any work of art -- your decision is made for you.

For Wayfarers still journeying, for Wanderers at rest.

The only thing a cat worries about is what's happening right now. As we tell the kittens, you can only wash one paw at a time.

Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain, and so many others were my dearest friends and greatest teachers.

Miss Vesper Holly has the digestive talents of a goat and the mind of a chess master. She is familiar with half a dozen languages and can swear fluently in all of them. She understands the use of a slide rule but prefers doing calculations in her head. She does not hesitate to risk life and limb- mine as well as her own. No doubt she has other qualities as yet undiscovered. I hope not.