A Novelist Must Preserve A Childlike Belief

By The Time A Man Notices That He Is No Longer Young, His Youth Has Long Since Left Him.

Perfection Has One Grave Defect: It Is Apt To Be Dull.

I Am Told That Today Rather More Than 60 Per Cent Of The Men Who Go To University Go On A Government Grant. This Is A New Class That Has Entered Upon The Scene. It Is The White-collar Proletariat. They Do Not Go To University To Acquire Culture But To Get A Job, And When They Have Got One, Scamp It. They Have No Manners And Are Woefully Unable To Deal With Any Social Predicament. Their Idea Of A Celebration Is To Go To A Public House And Drink Six Beers. They Are Mean, Malicious And Envious . They Are Scum.

Common Sense And Nature Will Do A Lot To Make The Pilgrimage Of Life Not Too Difficult.

It Has Been Said That Good Prose Should Resemble The Conversation Of A Well-bred Man.