We Are Often More Merciful

Generosity Is A Virtue For Individuals, Not Governments. When Governments Are Generous It Is With Other People’s Money, Other People’s Safety, Other People’s Future.

Open Your Mind To New Experiences, Particularly To The Study Of Other ­people. Nothing That Happens To A Writer – However Happy, However Tragic – Is Ever Wasted.

What A Child Doesn't Receive He Can Seldom Later Give.

The Secret Of Contentment Is Never To Allow Yourself To Want Anything Which Reason Tells You You Haven't A Chance Of Getting.

Authors Always Take Rejection Badly. They Equate It With Infanticide.