What I like in a good author is not what he says but what he whispers.
What joy can the years bring half so sweet as the unhappiness they've taken away?
Give me a bed and a book and I am happy.
The notion of making money by popular work, and then retiring to do good work, is the most familiar of all the devil's traps for artists.
All mirrors are magical mirrors, and we never see our faces in them.
If you are losing your leisure, look out! You are losing your soul.