"Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must seek new literary influences; he will have different emotions to express"
"Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity"
"And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness"
"All significant truths are private truths. As they become public they cease to become truths; they become facts, or at best, part of the public character; or at worst, catchwords"
"A toothache, or a violent passion, is not necessarily diminished by our knowledge of its causes, its character, its importance or insignificance"
"A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and understand it the first time, then I know it can't be much good"
