The View Of Life As A Struggle

One Thing That Makes Art Different From Life Is That In Art Things Have A Shape... It Allows Us To Fix Our Emotions On Events At The Moment They Occur, It Permits A Union Of Heart And Mind And Tongue And Tear.

When They Kept You Out It Was Because You Were Black; When They Let You In, It Is Because You Are Black. That's Progress?

Rain Is One Thing The British Do Better Than Anybody Else.

Nothing Is Ever Simple. What Do You Do When You Discover You Like Parts Of The Role You're Trying To Escape?

Survival Is An Art. It Requires The Dulling Of The Mind And The Senses, And A Delicate Attunement To Waiting, Without Insisting On Precision About Just What It Is You Are Waiting For.