The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means.

I don't act, I don't direct, I don't design.

The fact is, I loved being English. I was very happy to be turned into an English schoolboy.

I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon.

Every age thinks it's the modern age, but this one really is. Electricity is going to change everything. Everything!

Before Plato could describe love, the loved one had to be invented. We would never love anybody if we could see past our invention. Bosie is my creation, my poem. In the mirror of invention, love discovered itself.

I don't write at the library, because I smoke when I work or would like the possibility of a smoke. Also, I need to be at my own desk.