Duty Is What No-one Else Will Do

More Than That, I Believe That The Grass Is Green Because Green Is Restful To The Human Eye, That The Sky Is Blue To Give Us An Idea Of The Infinite. And That Blood Is Red So That Murder Will Be More Easily Detected And Criminals Will Be Brought To Justice. Yes, And I Believe That I Shall Live Forever, But I Shall Live Without Reason.

I Have Remained True To My Deepest Convictions. I Mean The Courage Of Those Who Are Born To Be Defeated, The Weaknesses Of The Strong, And The Tragedy Of Misunderstandings And Missed Opportunities, Which I Have Done My Best To Treat As Comedy—for Otherwise How Can We Manage To Bear It?

Helping Other People Is A Drug So Dangerous That There Is No Cure Short Of Total Abstention.

Surely You Have To Succeed, If You Give Everything You Have.' 'i Don't See Why. Everyone Has To Give Everything They Have Eventually. They Have To Die. Dying Can't Be Called A Success.

I Believe That People Should Write Biographies Only About People They Love, Or Understand, Or Both. Novels, On The Other Hand, Are Often Better If They're About People The Writer Doesn't Like Very Much.