Prayers said by good people are always good prayers

To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that is presented to his view, but a creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies.

I don't want anyone reading my writing to think about style. I just want them to be in the story.

Elsewhere the sky is the roof of the world; but here the earth was the floor of the sky.

William Tavener never heeded ominous forecasts in the domestic horizon, and he never looked for a storm until it broke.

Success is less interesting than struggle. There is great pleasure in the effort.

People always think the bread of another country is better than their own.