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The glory of a good tale is that it is limitless and fluid; a good tale belongs to each reader in its own particular way.

 

Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.

I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence. J. R. R.

I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence. J. R. R.

Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water bath is to the body.

Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water bath is to the body.

A thought is often original, though you have uttered it a hundred times.

 

A thought is often original, though you have uttered it a hundred times.

 

Thus, in a real sense, I am constantly writing autobiography, but I have to turn it into fiction in order to give it credibility.

 

Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.

 

Man has made use of his intelligence, he invented stupidity.

The fellow that agrees with everything you say is either a fool or he is getting ready to skin you.

Classical music is the kind we keep hoping will turn into a tune.

Accuracy to a newspaper is what virtue is to a lady; but a newspaper can always print a retraction.

For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty forever beyond its reach.

French is the language that turns dirt into romance.

French is the language that turns dirt into romance.

If you cannot teach me to fly, teach me to sing.

Opera does not call so much for an imaginative ear as for an imaginative eye, an eye which can see beyond little absurdities toward great truths.

Opera does not call so much for an imaginative ear as for an imaginative eye, an eye which can see beyond little absurdities toward great truths.

The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself in acting.

Movies are a fad. Audiences really want to see live actors on a stage.

The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does not know what to do with genius.

The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does not know what to do with genius.