Fiction must convince our bodies for it to have any chance of convincing our minds.

Daily life is always extraordinary when rendered precisely. We can unlock our lives with a pencil tip.

Plot joined the expedition unwooed, as a necessary companion. It was not the scout. The scout was a certain mood. I followed that mood, and let the shape of the story flow from that.

The Gift of Life is a Treasure. Some fill it with Pressure . . . some with Pleasure!-RVM

I really believe that if you practice enough you could paint the 'Mona Lisa' with a two-inch brush.

Quite a few operas are still being commissioned around the world, although nothing apart from audience popularity can ensure more than a few performances.

I give thee all,-I can no more, Though poor the off'ring be; My heart and lute are all the store That I can bring to thee.

If you can’t manage the future, you don’t have a future.

The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man.

My advice to you is to start drinking heavily.

You think my kids just popped out of the ground?

Advertising men and politicians are dangerous if they are separated. Together they are diabolical.

He was the closest thing I'd ever had to something, or someone, that mattered. But in the end, close didn't count. You were either in, or you weren't.