Why, I wonder, do people who at one time or another have all been young themselves, and who ought therefore to know better, generalize so suavely and so mendaciously about the golden hours of youth-that period of life when every sorrow seems permanent, and every setback insuperable?

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

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.

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 pacifist's task today is to find a method of helping and healing which provides a revolutionary constructive substitute for war.

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

I know of no place where the wind can be as icy and the damp so penetrating as in Oxford round about Easter time.