“He was gifted with the sly, sharp instinct for self-preservation that passes for…” — Evelyn Waugh

If we can't stamp out literature in the country, we can at least stop its being brought in from outside.

I haven't been to sleep for over a year. That's why I go to bed early. One needs more rest if one doesn't sleep.

Manners are especially the need of the plain. The pretty can get away with anything.

There are no poetic ideas; only poetic utterances.