The modern form of things had begun to appeal to me, also (as material for satire) politics, and the lives of the great and little, high up in the social scale.

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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.

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...

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...

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;...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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 still think that if the human race, or even one nation, could only get...

I still think that if the human race, or even one nation, could only get...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...