I Do Myself Think That History Is

Though I Have Never Thought Of Myself As A Book Collector, There Are Shelves In Our House Browsed So Often, On So Many Rainy Winter Nights, That The Contents Have Seeped Into Me As If By Osmosis.

[t]he Heart Is Like Any Other Organ, You Can Weigh It On A Scale.

History Is Always Changing Behind Us, And The Past Changes A Little Every Time We Retell It.

For Many Imaginative Writers, Working For The Press Is A Fact Of Their Life. But It's Best Not To Like It Too Much.

If I Am Feeling Broken, I Can Pick Up One Of [ivy Compton-burnett] Books And The Next Morning I Can Write Again. It Puts My Mechanism Back.