“A writer's style reveals something of his spirit, his habits, his capacites, his bias...it is the Self escaping into the open.”
“A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.”
“The spirit of the individual is determined by his dominating thought habits.”
“The most durable thing in writing is style, and style is the single most valuable investment a writer can make with his time.”
“A man will reveal his true self, or so it seems, on the tennis court.”
“Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself...It's a self-exploratory operation that is endless. An exorcism of not necessarily his demon, but of his divine discontent.”