I am most drawn to writing when I have something else urgent to do.

Writing is a refuge from unhappiness, but has its own sorrows.

Writing an upbeat aphorism is a temptation, but decorum forbids.

Shaw writes as if it were always midday.

Creativity makes a leap, then looks to see where it is.

The philosophy of hedonism means little to lovers of pleasure. They have no inclination to read philosophy, or to write it.

A great reader seldom recognizes his solitude.

The novel avoids the sublime and seeks out the interesting.