Queen Victoria - a mixture of national landlady and actress.
A touch of science, even bogus science, gives an edge to the superstitious tale.
How extraordinary it is that one feels most guilt about the sins one is unable to commit.
It's very important to feel foreign. I was born in England, but when I'm being a writer, everyone in England is foreign to me.
The mark of genius is an incessant activity of mind. Genius is a spiritual greed.
Because of the influence of the cinema, most reports or stories of violence are so pictorial that they lack content or meaning. The camera brings them to our eyes, but does not settle them in our minds, nor in time.