“Writers should be read, but neither seen nor heard.”
“Children should neither be seen nor heard from – ever again. ”
“Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.”
“A writer should be read, not seen, as they seldom are a joy to the eye.”
“The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about, nor read about, nor seen but, if one will, are to be lived.”
“A writer should show the silver in his hands neither as bronze nor as gold; the gist of the matter is to show silver as silver.”