The true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and no other task is of any consequence.

Quote by Cyril Connolly

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Words today are like the shells and rope of seaweed which a child brings home...

Words today are like the shells and rope of seaweed which a child brings home...

Classical and romantic: private language of a family quarrel, a dead dispute over the distribution...

Classical and romantic: private language of a family quarrel, a dead dispute over the distribution...

If our elaborate and dominating bodies are given us to be denied at every turn,...

If our elaborate and dominating bodies are given us to be denied at every turn,...

I review novels to make money, because it is easier for a sluggard to write...

I review novels to make money, because it is easier for a sluggard to write...

Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will...

Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will...

Those of us who were brought up as Christians and have lost our faith have...

Those of us who were brought up as Christians and have lost our faith have...

The dread of loneliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married.

The dread of loneliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married.

There is no more somber enemy of good art than the pram in the hall

There is no more somber enemy of good art than the pram in the hall

In the sex war, thoughtlessness is the weapon of the male, vindictiveness of the female.

In the sex war, thoughtlessness is the weapon of the male, vindictiveness of the female.

It is the fear of middle-age in the young, of old-age in the middle-aged, which...

It is the fear of middle-age in the young, of old-age in the middle-aged, which...

Our memories are card indexes consulted and then returned in disorder by authorities whom we...

Our memories are card indexes consulted and then returned in disorder by authorities whom we...

Like water, we are truest to our nature in repose.

Like water, we are truest to our nature in repose.

The dread of lonliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married.

The dread of lonliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married.

The true index of a man's character is the health of his wife.

The true index of a man's character is the health of his wife.

Purity engenders Wisdom, Passion avarice, and Ignorance folly, infatuation and darkness.

Purity engenders Wisdom, Passion avarice, and Ignorance folly, infatuation and darkness.

It is a mistake to expect good work from expatriates for it is not what...

It is a mistake to expect good work from expatriates for it is not what...

All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of...

All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of...

We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament, and embrace it with passion,...

We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament, and embrace it with passion,...

For what is liberty but the unhampered translation of will into act?

For what is liberty but the unhampered translation of will into act?

The civilized are those who get more out of life than the uncivilized, and for...

The civilized are those who get more out of life than the uncivilized, and for...