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" Argue with anything else, but don't argue with your own nature. "

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" Being in love was like China: you knew it was there, and no doubt it was very interesting, and some people went there, but I never would. I'd spend all my life without ever going to China, but it wouldn't matter, because there was all the rest of the world to visit. "

" You're lacking a human dimension of some sort if you're not interested in the arts. "

" True education flowers at the point when delight falls in love with responsibility. "

" Trying to understand superstition rationally is like trying to pick up something made of wood by using a magnet. "

" If you can't think of what to write, tough luck; write anyway. If you can think of lots more when you've finished the three pages, don't write it; it'll be that much easier to get going next day. "

" The arts are beyond price; they're beyond value. They're of incalculable worth in what it means to be a human being. "

" That's the duty of the old, to be anxious on behalf of the young. And the duty of the young is to scorn the anxiety of the old. "

" My parents tolerated me reading comics because they knew I was also reading 'proper' books, too. "

" Comics are a wonderful form. You can do so much with it. "

" Men pass in front of our eyes like butterflies, creatures of a brief season. We love them; they are brave, proud, beautiful, clever; and they die almost at once. They die so soon that our hearts are continually racked with pain. "

" The best sort of activity is one that combines mental effort with sensuous delight. That's why I love drawing. "

" It should be a firmly established part of the curriculum that children should visit theatres and concert halls. "

" Adam and Eve are like imaginary numbers, like the square root of minus one... If you include it in your equation, you can calculate all manners of things, which cannot be imagined without it. "

" I have a desk that I can raise or lower according to the state of my aching back. Sometimes I stand at it, and sometimes I have it high up to write at and sometimes a bit lower to type. "

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" One curious thing about growing up is that you don't only move forward in time; you move backwards as well, as pieces of your parents' and grandparents' lives come to you. "

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" What I do say is that I can write verse, and that the writing of verse in strict form is the best possible training for writing good prose. "

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