Have you noticed ... there is never any third act in a nightmare? They bring you to a climax of terror and then leave you there. They are the work of poor dramatists.

By its very looseness, by its way of evoking rather than defining, suggesting rather than saying, English is a magnificent vehicle for emotional poetry.

Humility is a virtue, and it is a virtue innate in guests.

Anything that is worth doing has been done frequently. Things hitherto undone should be given, I suspect, a wide berth.

Have you noticed ... there is never any third act in a nightmare? They bring you to a climax of terror and then leave you there. They are the work of poor dramatists.

People are either born hosts or born guests.

All fantasy should have a solid base in reality.