My failure, during the first five or six years of my art training, to get set in the right direction, and the disappointment which it caused me, drove me the more persistently into writing as an alternative.

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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...

It is right and natural that generous minds while in the twenties should think the...

It is right and natural that generous minds while in the twenties should think the...

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...

I believe absolutely in love being the central motive force of the universe.

I believe absolutely in love being the central motive force of the universe.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but I have been arrested, charged in a police...

Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but I have been arrested, charged in a police...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

My best chance is that, in a happy moment, I hit upon St Francis as...

My best chance is that, in a happy moment, I hit upon St Francis as...

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...

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,...

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...