Any work of art must first of all tell a story.

If one by one we counted people out

For, dear me, why abandon a belief, Merely because it ceases to be true, Cling to it long enough, and not a doubt, It will turn true again, for so it goes.

Belief is better than anything else, and it is best when rapt - above paying its respects to anybody's doubt whatsoever.

The ear is the only true writer and the only true reader.

Nothing is quite honest that is not commercial, but not everything commercial is honest.

Humour is the most engaging cowardice. With it myself I have been able to hold some of my enemy in play far out of gunshot.