There is nothing that will kill a man so soon as having nobody to find fault with but himself.

Quote by TS Eliot

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Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.

Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.

Each venture is a new beginning, a raid on the inarticulate with shabby equipment always...

Each venture is a new beginning, a raid on the inarticulate with shabby equipment always...

Madame Sosostris, famous clairvoyante, Had a bad cold, nevertheless Is known to be the wisest...

Madame Sosostris, famous clairvoyante, Had a bad cold, nevertheless Is known to be the wisest...

We might remind ourselves that criticism is as inevitable as breathing, and that we should...

We might remind ourselves that criticism is as inevitable as breathing, and that we should...

Hell is oneself, Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections.

Hell is oneself, Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections.

A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and...

A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and...

Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper,...

Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper,...

In the vain laughter of folly, wisdom hears half its applause.

In the vain laughter of folly, wisdom hears half its applause.

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man...

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man...

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

A good half of the effort of understanding what the Indian philosophers were after -...

A good half of the effort of understanding what the Indian philosophers were after -...

No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it...

No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it...

After such knowledge, what forgiveness? Think now History has many cunning passages, contrived corridors And...

After such knowledge, what forgiveness? Think now History has many cunning passages, contrived corridors And...

I do not approve the extermination of the enemy; the policy of exterminating or, as...

I do not approve the extermination of the enemy; the policy of exterminating or, as...

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

For last years words belong to last years language and next years words await another...

For last years words belong to last years language and next years words await another...

The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.

The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.

Only by examining our personal biases can we truly grow as artists; only by cultivating...

Only by examining our personal biases can we truly grow as artists; only by cultivating...

Art is the most passionate orgy within man's grasp.

Art is the most passionate orgy within man's grasp.

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am...

I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am...