There is no more merit in being able to attach a correct description to a picture than in being able to find out what is wrong with a stalled motorcar. In each case it is special knowledge.

You cannot write well or much (and I venture the opinion that you cannot write well unless you write much) unless you form a habit.

But there are people who take salt with their coffee. They say it gives a tang, a savour, which is peculiar and fascinating. In the same way there are certain places, surrounded by a halo of romance, to which the inevitable disillusionment you experience on seeing them gives a singular spice. You had expected something wholly beautiful and you get an impression which is infinitely more complicated than any that beauty can give you. It is the weakness in the character of a great man which may make him less admirable but certainly more interesting. Nothing had prepared me for Honolulu.

It wasn't until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say, 'I don't know.'

When things are at their worst, I find something always happens.

The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.

Music-hall songs provide the dull with wit, just as proverbs provide them with wisdom.