If your language is confused, your intellect, if not your whole character, will almost certainly correspond.

Whenever you feel an impulse to perpetrate a piece of exceptionally fine writing, obey it - whole-heartedly - and delete it before sending your manuscript to press. Murder your darlings.

We make our discoveries through our mistakes: we watch one another's success: and where there is freedom to experiment there is hope to improve.

O pastoral heart of England! like a psalm Of green days telling with a quiet beat.

murder your darlings

The whole business of reading English Literature in two years, to know it in any reputable sense of the word - let alone your learning to write English - is, in short, impossible.

You are born to be magical, gorgeous and beautiful inside and out. So express your beauty and fear not.

‪Rain is not a seasonal change, it’s a feeling that brings back ‪Memories!

You have a conscience, and a conscience is a valuable attribute, but not if it begins to make you think you were to blame for what is far beyond the scope of your responsibility.

Leadership is hard to define and good leadership even harder. But if you can get people to follow you to the ends of the earth, you are a great leader.

Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.

I think the music of the Fifties is really good. I suspect it's much better musically than much of what's available now. Not in terms of production, but in terms of content.

I take no pride in my artistic talents; they are God-given and I see absolutely no reason to become puffed up over something that one has received.

I have been very fortunate in [the entertainment] business, and I am very grateful for that. I wish the same for everyone out there, especially everyone who dares to dream.

You must not judge people by their country. In South America, it is always wise to judge people by their altitude.

If we do not understand our sin, we will not understand the kind of savior we need.