Poetry became my doctor, my lover.

A leopard does not change his spots, or change his feeling that spots are rather a credit.

Tell the truth, because sooner or later the public will find out anyway. And if the public doesn't like what you are doing, change your policies and bring them into line with what people want.

Anyone who picks up a Compton-Burnett finds it very hard not to put it down.

There are different kinds of wrong. The people sinned against are not always the best.

What was the point in satin and lace if it didn't make a man struggle to speak?

Dante to Abby: My God you are going to kill me. Again

My youth is escaping without giving me anything it owes me.

We can build upon foundations anywhere if they are well and firmly laid.

As regards plot I find real life no help at all. Real life seems to have no plots. And as I think a plot desirable and almost necessary, I have this extra grudge against life.

Real life seems to have no plots.

Don’t be afraid to really use your imagination. Let it run wild. It’s one of the most powerful tools you’ve got.

Twenty-five years ago I made my vow to love you and to live with you wherever you went, " she whispered. "Since you're bound to go, I'd best keep my promise.

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every living organism to live beyond its income.

Nothing natural can be wholly unworthy.

I've been drawing since I was about 3 and I come from a family of artists.

In general there is something puzzling about the fact that the most renowned figures in chess - Morphy, Pillsbury, Capablanca and Fischer - were born in America.

We want spiritual principles to be more than beautiful abstractions; we want them to actually transform our lives.

The policies on the Republican side have been much better for Hispanics, for minorities, but the rhetoric, unfortunately, has not.

I belong to Jesus. He must have the right to use me without consulting me.

I heard a bird so sing, Whose music, to my thinking, pleased the king.