I am never at picnics. The ground was not meant to be sat upon in its raw state, I feel sure, and I prefer my food without either caterpillars or drafts!

If a writer is true to his characters they will give him his plot. Observations must play second fiddle to integrity.

... can life be made undignified by any act of man?

Our responsibility to ourselves comes first -- because in a sense what one is oneself is the responsibility that one has for others!

Truth is no man's slave - but lies - what magnificent servants they make.

Life was a series of messes, and one spent one's time cleaning them up; if one had any heart at all one also gave a part of one's time to cleaning up those of other people.

Curiosity is the only thing that really carries through time, isn't it? The creative curiosity, I mean, which fights its way into expression?