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

Most men, whether men or women, wish above all else to be comfortable, and thought is a pre-eminently uncomfortable process; it brings to the individual far more suffering than happiness in a semi-civilised world which still goes to war.

We should never be at the mercy of Providence if only we understood that we ourselves are Providence.

An author who waits for the right 'mood' will soon find that 'moods' get fewer and fewer until they cease altogether.

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.

It never seems to occur to anybody that some women may not want to find husbands.

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.