The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation.

My writing has gone to bits - like my character. I am simply a self-conscious nerve in pain.

Love is easily killed.

Life is not complex. We are complex. Life is simple, and the simple thing is the right thing.

Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.

The only way to atone for being occasionally overdressed is to be massively overeducated.

It is perfectly monstrous,' he said, at last, 'the way people go about nowadays saying things against one behind one's back that are absolutely and entirely true.