From My Weakness, I Drew

Lully's Machine, Mill's Fear And Lasswitz's Chaotic Library Can Be The Subject Of Jokes, But They Exaggerate A Propensity Which Is Common: Making Metaphysics And The Arts Into A Kind Of Play With Combinations.

If I Were Asked To Name The Chief Event In My Life, I Should Say My Father's Library.

All Literature, Is, Finally Autobiographical.

I Think Of Myself As Being An Ethical Man, But I Don't Try To Teach Ethics. I Have No Message. I Know Little About Contemporary Life. I Don't Read A Newspaper. I Dislike Politics And Politicians. I Belong To No Party Whatever. My Private Life Is A Private Life. I Try To Avoid Photography And Publicity.

Time Broadens The Scope Of Verses And I Know Of Some Which, Like Music, Are Everything For All Men.