I have two ideas for novels at the moment, neither of them all that conventional, but I'm not ready to choose between them yet, let alone settle down to the process of writing.
I am a believer in punctuality though it makes me very lonely
A horse's eye disquiets me: it has an expression of alarm that may at any moment be translated into action.
In betting on races, there are two elements that are never lacking - hope as hope, and an incomplete recollection of the past.
The truth is the only thing worth having, and, in a civilized life, like ours, where so many risks are removed, facing it is almost the only courageous thing left to do.
What kind of life a dog. . . acquires. I have sometimes tried to imagine by kneeling or lying full length on the ground and looking up. The world then becomes strangely incomplete; one sees little but legs.
People in hotels strike no roots. The French phrase for chronic hotel guests even says so; they are called dwellers sur la branche.
Temperance is reason's girdle and passion's bridle, the strength of the soul and the foundation of virtue.
Keep your central character moving, discovering, learning.
I'd learned a long time ago that one of the finest weapons in my arsenal was my ability to invade personal space
You cannot change what has already happened. You can always change the way you respond.