I believe absolutely in love being the central motive force of the universe. Laurence Housman absolutelycentralforce Change image and share on social
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. Laurence Housman alternativeartcause share on social
On that other novels followed: but I still wrote fairy tales and dreamy poems of another world. Laurence Housman dreamyfairynovel Change image and share on social
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but I have been arrested, charged in a police court, have refused to be bound over, and thereupon have been unconditionally released - to my great regret; for I have always wanted to know what going to prison was like. Laurence Housman arrestavoidbind share on social
Life is the most versatile thing under the sun; and in the pursuit of life and character the author who works in a groove works in blinkers. Laurence Housman authorblinkercharacter Change image and share on social
Suicide is possible, but not probable; hanging, I trust, is even more unlikely; for I hope that, by the time I die, my countrymen will have become civilised enough to abolish capital punishment. Laurence Housman abolishcapitalcivilise Change image and share on social
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. Laurence Housman appealbeginform Change image and share on social
If I live for another ten years I shall probably have written all that I want to write. Laurence Housman livetenwrite Change image and share on social
But it has also enabled me to find my feet as a lecturer and a reader of my own plays to audiences who like to hear them; and that experience of immediate appreciation gives greater pleasure and more stimulus towards further activity than even the most laudatory of reviews. Laurence Housman activityappreciationaudience share on social
That was luck: I should not then have been a conscientious objector; but I am quite sure that the abominations of war would have made me one, as soon as I got to the front. Laurence Housman abominationconscientiousfront Change image and share on social