some people always have a touch of youth about them.

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

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.

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.

I never know why self-sacrifice is noble. Why is it better to sacrifice oneself than someone else?

Many people misjudge the permanent effect of sorrow, and their capacity to live in the past.

Appearances are not held to be a clue to the truth,' said his cousin. 'But we seem to have no other.

Each person you meetis an aspect of yourself, clamoring for love.

Tea is one of the main stays of civilization in this country.

I think a strong dollar is the result of policies, but I don't think the strong dollar is in and of itself a policy.

I don't feel that I have any great grasp of technique that I should pass along to people.

Oh, this age! How tasteless and ill bred it is!

The important thing here to understand is that the people that are at Guantanamo are bad people. I mean, these are terrorists for the most part.

Lots of people take the option of not activating their own life, of really letting it happen.

I keep my feet on the ground, keep dedicated, keep focused, underestimate nobody and obviously you need the ability, talent and everything else that goes with it.

It's kind of liberating to be able to bring your own ideas to things, but it's also a lot of pressure, it's like screenwriting on your feet.

We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the earth for honest men to live in.