Time will say nothing but I told you so.

A shilling life will give you all the facts.

Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud.

Recipe for the upbringing of a poet: 'As much neurosis as the child can bear.

A poet must never make a statement simply because it is sounds poetically exciting; he must also believe it to be true.

Thou shalt not answer questionnaires Or quizzes upon world affairs, Nor with compliance Take any test. Thou shalt not sit with statisticians nor commit A social science.

When I am in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who has strayed by mistake into a drawing room full of dukes.