"The most dismaying call of this kind came one night at nine o'clock from a youth of sixteen who said: "I've got to ha…"

"Speakers' nerves affect them in various ways. Some tremble, some become frenzied. I lose all confidence, and suffer f…"

"The US, for historical reasons, mistrusts the concept of a welfare state, and this mistrust shows itself nakedly unde…"

"So, I was to talk about "Opera as Related to Literature", was I not? And because the subject is so vast, I have wande…"

"The world does so well without me, that I am moved to wish that I could do equally well without the world."

"May I make a suggestion, hoping it is not an impertinence? Write it down: write down what you feel. It is sometimes a…"

"Modern disillusion is unlikely to last forever, and nothing rings so hollow as the angst of yesterday."

"When I was born good fairies clustered round my cradle, showering me with wit, beauty, grace, freedom from dandruff, …"

"What used to be called a Canadian novel was a kind of prairie frontier story, but it was phony. In the plot, people c…"

"Several children present me with scraps of paper for autographs: obviously don't know who I am and don't care. I sign…"