Morality Is Seldom A Safe Guide For

Experiences Aren't Given To Us To Be 'got Over,' Otherwise They Would Hardly Be Experiences.

On The Whole, I Think You Should Write Biographies Of Those You Admire And Respect, And Novels About Human Beings Who You Think Are Sadly Mistaken.

A Good Book Is The Precious Life-blood Of A Master-spirit, Embalmed And Treasured Up On Purpose To A Life Beyond Life, And As Such It Must Surely Be A Necessary Commodity.

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.

It's Very Good For An Idea To Be Commonplace. The Important Thing Is That A New Idea Should Develop Out Of What Is Already There So That It Soon Becomes An Old Acquaintance. Old Acquaintances Aren't By Any Means Always Welcome, But At Least One Can't Be Mistaken As To Who Or What They Are.