Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity.

It is probably true to say that the largest scope for change still lies in men's attitude to women, and in women's attitude to themselves.

Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity.

Babies are a nuisance, of course. But so does everything seem to be that is worth while – husbands and books and committees and being loved and everything. We have to choose between barren ease and rich unrest – or rather, one does not choose.

Modern war and modern civilisation are utterly incompatible...one or the other must go.

So many people seem to imagine that because the actual tools of writing are easily accessible, it is less difficult than the other arts. This is entirely an illusion.

The best prose is written by authors who see their universe with a poet’s eyes.