Attacking bad books is not only a waste of time but also bad for the character. If I find a book really bad, the only interest I can derive from writing about it has to come from myself, from such display of intelligence, wit and malice as I can contrive. One cannot review a bad book without showing off.

I'll love you till the ocean Is folded and hung up to dry And the seven stars go squawking Like geese about the sky.

The definition of prayer is paying careful and concentrated attention to something other than your own constructions.

A writer is a maker, not a man of action: his private life is of no concern to anybody but himself, his family and his friends.

One cannot review a bad book without showing off.

The actors today really need the whip hand. They're so lazy. They haven't got the sense of pride in their profession that the less socially elevated musical comedy and music hall people or acrobats have. The theater has never been any good since the actors became gentlemen.

A man is a form of life that dreams in order to act and acts in order to dream.