When the mind soars in pursuit of the things conceived in space. . . it pursues emptiness; but when man dives deep within himself, he experiences the fullness of existence.
Any writer knows he has to pay for his compliments. As soon as he has said, Why, thank you, that's very generous of you, the other person clears his throat and dives into his own writing experiences.
I'm very comfortable writing in the first person; it dives into the character in a way that's difficult if you're writing in the third person.
I like to try to hit all of my dives.
You had many jazz musicians who lived in the United States, who had a hard time being accepted over here and had to play in sort of these inferior type dives.
One never dives into the water to save a drowning man more eagerly than when there are others present who dare not take the risk.
The imagination, give it the least license, dives deeper and soars higher than Nature goes.