There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find relief in music.
T. S. EliotWhen we read of human beings behaving in certain ways, with the approval of the author, who gives his benediction to this behavior by his attitude towards the result of the behavior arranged by himself, we can be influenced towards behaving in the same way.
T. S. EliotI learn a great deal by merely observing you, and letting you talk as long as you please, and taking note of what you do not say.
T. S. EliotThere is not a more repulsive spectacle than on old man who will not forsake the world, which has already forsaken him.
T. S. EliotWhat profession is more trying than that of author? After you finish a piece of work it only seems good to you for a few weeks; or if it seems good at all you are convinced that it is the last you will be able to write; and if it seems bad you wonder whether everything you have done isnโt poor stuff really; and it is one kind of agony while you are writing, and another kind when you arenโt.
T. S. Eliot