Holidays, if you enjoy them, have no history.

[On Ian Fleming:] The trouble with Ian is that he gets off with women because he can't get on with them.

One must have the humility and the imagination to honor all deep human experiences - not least those one has never come near to sharing.

when two people unite, kindness must be mutual, or shocking things will happen.

One should always act from one's inner sense of rhythm.

The novel will never die, but it will keep changing and evolving and taking different shapes.

It's the thought that counts.