I have a great desire to make people smile - not laugh. Laughter is too aggressive. People bare their teeth.

For those who like that sort of thing," said Miss Brodie in her best Edinburgh voice, "That is the sort of thing they like.

everything happens to an artist; time is always redeemed, nothing is lost and wonders never cease.

Interviews can be stimulating. It depends on the intelligence of the interviewer.

If you want to concentrate deeply on some problem, and especially some piece of writing or paper-work, you should acquire a cat . . .

No mind should submit their mind to another mind He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still -- that's my motto. I won't be brainwashed.

The sparkle and morning-freshness of the shop, and the butter-conjuring girl, formed a mind-picture which accompanied the whole of my youth.(about the Buttercup Dairy)