“Your interest is in the bloody loam but what I'm after is the finished product.”

“A nation which neglects the perceptions of its artists declines. After a while it ceases to act, and merely survives.There is probably no use in telling this to people who can't see it without being told.”

“What thou lovest well remains, ”

“What thou lovest well remains. The rest is dross.”

“Nothing written for pay is worth printing. Only what has been written against the market.”

“Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.”

“If anybody ever shuts you in Indiana...and you don't at least write some unconstrained something or other, I give up hope for your salvation.”