I Don't Know If I Believe In

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

For An Author Nothing Is As Dead As A Book Once It Is Written.

If You Think You Know, You Don't Ask Questions, Or If You Ask, You Don't Listen To The Answers. Everyone, Everything, Each Thing, Is Different, So That It Isn't Safe To Know. You - You Have To Grope.

I Suppose The More You Have To Do, The More You Learn To Organize And Concentrate-or Else Get Fragmented Into Bits. I Have Learned To Use My 'ten Minutes'. I Once Thought It Was Not Worth Sitting Down For A Time As Short As That; Now I Know Differently And, If I Have Ten Minutes, I Use Them, Even If They Bring Only Two Lines, And It Keeps The Book Alive.

If Books Were Persian Carpets, One Would Not Look Only At The Outer Side. Because It Is The Stitch That Makes A Carpet Wear, Gives It Its Life And Bloom.