A writer need not devour a whole sheep in order to know what mutton tastes like, but he must at least eat a chop. Unless he gets his facts right, his imagination will lead him into all kinds of nonsense, and the facts he is most likely to get right are the facts of his own experience.

The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction is one of anger.

Beauty is something wonderful and strange that the artist fashions out of the chaos of the world in the torment of his soul.

The subjunctive mood is in its death throes, and the best thing to do is to put it out of its misery as soon as possible.

Look after your laundry, and your soul will look after itself.

The good traveler has the gift of surprise.

I am told that today rather more than 60 per cent of the men who go to the universities go on a Government grant. This is a new class that has entered upon the scene ... They are scum.