My best chance is that, in a happy moment, I hit upon St Francis as the subject for a series of plays. Others might have written them better: but, as I have written them, the advantage will probably remain mine.

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I was just then going through a healthy reaction from the orthodoxy of my youth;...

I was just then going through a healthy reaction from the orthodoxy of my youth;...

If I live for another ten years I shall probably have written all that I...

If I live for another ten years I shall probably have written all that I...

Suicide is possible, but not probable; hanging, I trust, is even more unlikely; for I...

Suicide is possible, but not probable; hanging, I trust, is even more unlikely; for I...

The mere dates of my existence do not interest me, except in one connection. When...

The mere dates of my existence do not interest me, except in one connection. When...

It is the sincerest thing I have written, caught by the drama of a soul...

It is the sincerest thing I have written, caught by the drama of a soul...

I have always been a writer of letters, and of long ones; so, when I...

I have always been a writer of letters, and of long ones; so, when I...

My brother used to say that I wrote faster than he could read. He wrote...

My brother used to say that I wrote faster than he could read. He wrote...

I had never thought of myself as a dramatist, and, for really good technical results,...

I had never thought of myself as a dramatist, and, for really good technical results,...

If I loved all the world as I do you, I shouldn't write books to...

If I loved all the world as I do you, I shouldn't write books to...

I shall not die young, for I am already near seventy: I may die old.

I shall not die young, for I am already near seventy: I may die old.

That was luck: I should not then have been a conscientious objector; but I am...

That was luck: I should not then have been a conscientious objector; but I am...

For the last half of my life I have had the doubtful benefit of a...

For the last half of my life I have had the doubtful benefit of a...

On that other novels followed: but I still wrote fairy tales and dreamy poems of...

On that other novels followed: but I still wrote fairy tales and dreamy poems of...

It was then, I think, that I discovered that the best way of bringing a...

It was then, I think, that I discovered that the best way of bringing a...

My failure, during the first five or six years of my art training, to get...

My failure, during the first five or six years of my art training, to get...

Two more years were to go by before I knew anything about William Blake. Many...

Two more years were to go by before I knew anything about William Blake. Many...

Life is the most versatile thing under the sun; and in the pursuit of life...

Life is the most versatile thing under the sun; and in the pursuit of life...

The modern form of things had begun to appeal to me, also (as material for...

The modern form of things had begun to appeal to me, also (as material for...

The man who bears my name, and who claims to be me, was born on...

The man who bears my name, and who claims to be me, was born on...

But it has also enabled me to find my feet as a lecturer and a...

But it has also enabled me to find my feet as a lecturer and a...