There is only one trait that makes the writer. He is always watching.

I had my success too soon. Three books published with Scribners in New York before I was 30.

I know it may sound silly, but I think my short stories have a life and identity of their own. They crop up in all sorts of places.

There is only one trait that marks the writer. He is always watching. It's a kind of trick of the mind and he is born with it.

His sins seemed to be so few that he was alarmed and groped anxiously for more, knowing he could not be without guilt.

The last confession he heard was from a young hysterical girl who seemed to him to be making up a chain of small sins so that she could imagine herself full of remorse.

The breath of life of the Senate is, of course, continuity,

They blossomed, they did not talk about blossoming.

We might be known for what we believed, but we're certain to be remembered for what we did about it.

Your heart knows. Your soul remembers.

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I get obsessed with decorations and decorating the house. I keep it tasteful outside, but when you get inside it is a bit like Blackpool illuminations, I go bonkers!

Trust, but look for the exits.

I have a lot of respect for the auto manufacturers. They make a product people live inside - and can die inside - so they are held to very high standards.

Years ago, before this estate was generously and unwillingly turned over to the crown, the lord here was a genuine dimwit. He had a minister stashed behind his throne to whisper clever things to say.

The angels would become incarnate if they could, so that they might come to earth to imitate the example and virtues of the Son of God!