Read widely and with discrimination. Bad writing is contagious.

Great literature cannot grow from a neglected or impoverished soil. Only if we actually tend or care will it transpire that every hundred years or so we might get a Middlemarch.

Love, always love. Perhaps that’s what we’re all looking for.

Creativity doesn't flourish in an atmosphere of despotism, coercion and fear.

We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends.

I don't want anyone to look to me, not for protection, not for happiness, not for love, not for anything.

There comes a time when every scientist, even God, has to write off an experiment.