The writer should never be ashamed of staring. There is nothing that does not require his attention. Votes: 6
I am not afraid that the book will be controversial, I'm afraid it will not be controversial. Votes: 6
Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. Votes: 4
I use the grotesque the way I do because people are deaf and dumb and need help to see and hear. Votes: 2
I do not like the raw sound of the human voice in unison unless it is under the discipline of music. Votes: 0
Ours is the first age in history which has asked the child what he would tolerate learning. Votes: 0
You will have found Christ when you are concerned with other people's sufferings and not your own. Votes: 0
To the hard of hearing you shout, and for the almost blind you draw large and startling figures. Votes: 0
Sickness is a place, ... and it's always a place where there's no company, where nobody can follow. Votes: 0
She could never be a saint, but she thought she could be a martyr if they killed her quick. Votes: 0
I am very handy with my advice and then when anybody appears to be following it, I get frantic. Votes: 0
Even a child with normal feet was in love with the world after he had got a new pair of shoes. Votes: 0
Unadaptability is often a virtue. Votes: 0
If you're a Catholic you believe what the Church teaches and the climate makes no difference. Votes: 0
The old woman was the kind who would not cut down a large old tree because it was a large old tree. Votes: 0
The writer can choose what he writes about but he cannot choose what he is able to make live. Votes: 0
I write to discover what I know. Votes: 0
... the main concern of the fiction writer is with mystery as it is incarnated in human life. Votes: 0
... the novelist is bound by the reasonable possibilities, not the probabilities, of his culture. Votes: 0
All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us and the change is painful. Votes: 0