Be Generous, Be Delicate, And Always Pursue

Art Is A Point Of View, And A Genius Way Of Looking At Things.

What Is Character But The Determination Of Incident? What Is Incident But The Illustration Of Character?

Life Is, In Fact, A Battle. Evil Is Insolent And Strong; Beauty Enchanting, But Rare; Goodness Very Apt To Be Weak; Folly Very Apt To Be Defiant; Wickedness To Carry The Day; Imbeciles To Be In Great Places, People Of Sense In Small, And Mankind Generally Unhappy. But The World As It Stands Is No Narrow Illusion, No Phantasm, No Evil Dream Of The Night; We Wake Up To It, Forever And Ever; And We Can Neither Forget It Nor Deny It Nor Dispense With It.

Writing Is Not Primarily Escape, But Use.

Novelist-citizen Of Two Countries Interpreter Of His Generation On Both Sides Of The Sea.