Eternity - Waste Of Time.

The Advantage Of Love At First Sight Is That It Delays A Second Sight.

I'm Fond Of Human Beings, But Only One At A Time.

At First, When An Idea, A Poem, Or The Desire To Write Takes Hold Of You, Work Is A Pleasure, A Delight, And Your Enthusiasm Knows No Bounds. But Later On You Work With Difficulty, Doggedly, Desperately. For Once You Have Committed Yourself To A Particular Work, Inspiration Changes Its Form And Becomes An Obsession, Like A Love-affair… Which Haunts You Night And Day! Once At Grips With A Work, We Must Master It Completely Before We Can Recover Our Idleness.

To Those Who Ask If I Have Read Their Book, I Reply: I Have Not Yet Read Homer.

To Mis-quote Is The Very Foundation Of Original Style. The Success Of Most Writers Is Almost Entirely Due To Continuous And Courageous Abuse Of Familiar Misquotation.