For An Author Nothing Is As Dead

A Writer Who Has Never Explored Words, Who Has Never Searched, Seeded, Sieved, Sifted Through His Knowledge And Memory...dictiona Ries, Thesaurus, Poems, Favorite Paragraphs, To Find The Right Word, Is Like Someone Owning A Gold Mine Who Has Never Mined It.

People Don't Know The Consolations Of Being Unsuccessful ... If I Had Been Successful I Should Have Had No Peace Or Time.

You Must Remember Garden Catalogues Are As Big Liars As House-agents.

Most Grown People Are Like Icebergs, Three-tenths Showing, Seven-tenths Submerged - That Is Why A Collision With One Of Them Is Unexpectedly Hurtful.

It Is An Anxious, Sometimes A Dangerous Thing To Be A Doll. Dolls Cannot Choose; They Can Only Be Chosen; They Cannot 'do'; They Can Only Be Done By.