If You Create A Character, You Create

British Conversation Is Like A Game Of Cricket Or A Boxing Match; Personal Allusions Are Forbidden Like Hitting Below The Belt, And Anyone Who Loses His Temper Is Disqualified.

There Are Very Few Really Brilliant Men Who Have Not Had At Least One Madman Among Their Ancestors.

Almost All Great Writers Have As Their Motif, More Or Less Disguised, The Passage From Childhood To Maturity, The Clash Between The Thrill Of Expectation And The Disillusioning Knowledge Of Truth. 'lost Illusion' Is The Undisclosed Title Of Every Novel.

Two Human Beings Anchored To One Another Are Like Two Ships Shaken By Waves; Their Carcases Collide With One Another And Creak.

A Happy Marriage Is A Long Conversation Which Always Seems Too Short.