"Les sots font le texte, et les hommes d'esprit les commentaires."

"I like the idea of a literary patchwork, novel by novel, poem by poem, by different writers, mapping out an era, 'a c…"

"A man may write at any time if he set himself doggedly to it."

"But I did not explain to you the other insidious aspect of writing. There is no way to stop. Writers go on writing lo…"

"There are two things which I am confident I can do very well; one is an introduction to any literary work, stating wh…"

"Sumite materiam vestris, qui scribitis, sequam Viribus."

"Tantum series juncturaque pollet."

"Scribendi recte sapere est et principium et fons."

"Nonumque prematur in annum."

"Look in thy heart and write."