If Only Art Were As Rare As

Sensuality, Wanting A Religion, Invented Love.

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.

My Only Books Were Women's Looks.

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.

... Anything Difficult To Say Must Be Shouted From The Rooftops.