A copy of the universe is not what is required of art; one of the damned things is ample.

God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.

I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.

There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intelligence.

The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.

All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not to go soft like so many sleepy pears.

The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple.

The mind is its own enemy, that fights itself with the innumerable pliant and ineluctable arms of the octopus.

Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a person's mind.

The stars are in your favor, darling, you can't be horrible. Nope, they won't let you.

Solitude is sanity.

It wasn't until I got older that I realized acting was something I could really do.

Our ultimate destination is mental peace.

Peace without Justice is a low estate,— A coward cringing to an iron Fate! But Peace through Justice is the great ideal,— We'll pay the price of war to make it real.

To be ones self and unafraid whether right or wrong is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.

When you research someone, you actually get beyond your own preconceptions and become aware of the human being other than the image. You become empathetic and sympathetic in turn.

I am keenly aware that I benefit from a wonderful tradition in the UK of designing and making.

There is a difference between wishing for a thing and being ready to receive it.

Without a rich heart, wealth is an ugly beggar.