You see how I try To reach with words What matters most And how I fail.
To write well is to think well, to feel well, and to render well; it is to possess at once intellect, soul, and taste.
Hold on; hold fast; hold out. Patience is genius.
He [man] abuses equally other animals and his own species, the rest of whom live in famine, languish in misery, and work only to satisfy the immoderate appetite and the still more insatiable vanity of this human being who, destroying others by want, destroys himself by excess.
Writing well is at one and the same time good thinking, good feeling, and good expression; it is having wit, soul, and taste, all together.
Only those works which are well-written will pass to posterity: the amount of knowledge, the uniqueness of the facts, even the novelty of the discoveries are no guarantees of immortality. . . These things are exterior to a man but style is the man himself.
Style is the essence of man
I'm happiest with my family around me.
In a personal way, to do with family and the father-son relationship, in a kind of artistic way with regard to him being an art student. I also studied the visual arts at Lancaster University. I then decided to become an actor as he was becoming a musician. And then as an actorperformer, we have similar sort of interests - music hall and that whole world. So, there's a lot that I felt connected with.
Every designer needs a story. Mine is all about glamour.
If I were really fluent and born into the English language, I would probably become a greater writer.