Vita Sackville-West

Women, like men, ought to have their youth so glutted with freedom they hate the very idea of freedom.

Men of my age live in a state of continual desperation.

Among the many problems which beset the novelist, not the least weighty is the choice of the moment at which to begin his novel.

There's something real in women's intuition. It's an accurate signpost for decision making, but it usually bumps up against man's logic. So we have to put ego aside and listen to them.

I'm just a simple guy swimming in a sea of sharks.