I love a good Dorothy L. Sayers.
He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.
He who never puts his trust in any man will never be deceived.
An artist who lacks the power of self-criticism accomplishes but little. It is good if your work stands higher than your own opinion of it; bad if it is on the same level. But it is a great disaster if your work stands lower than your judgment of it.
It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.
Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer.
Tears come from the heart and not from the brain
When you first get a hill in sight, look at the top of it only once. Then imagine yourself at the bottom of the other side.
Ideally, each piece of art's its own unique object, and its evaluation's always present-tense.
Everything is simpler than you think and at the same time more complex than you imagine
The possessions of the rich are stolen property.