There's a great space in which this moment takes place. There's a great silence that is listening to the thoughts.
The truly free man is he who can decline a dinner invitation without giving an excuse.
Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.
Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none
Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted.
The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not quite sure that they are dead
Style means the right word. The rest matters little.
You are one of the noblest of God's creations. His intent is that your life be gloriously beautiful regardless of your circumstances. As you are grateful and obedient, you can become all that God intends you to be.
The one that rambles for a million miles, yes, I walk down this road searching for your love.
The nature of catastrophe is, after all, reasonably unvarying in the way it ruins, destroys, wounds and devastates. But if something can be learned from the event - not least something as profound as the theory of plate tectonics - then it somehow puts the ruination into a much more positive light.
All the plays that have ever been written, from ancient Greece to the present day, have never really been anything but thrillers. . . Drama's always been realistic and there's always been a detective about. . . Every play's an investigation brought to a successful conclusion.