When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to read more

When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and one third thinking about what I want to say.

Small is the number of people who see with their eyes and think
with their minds.

Small is the number of people who see with their eyes and think
with their minds.

The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but read more

The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish.

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. read more

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.

What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can't reread a phone call.

What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can't reread a phone call.

An Englishman thinks seated; a Frenchman, standing; an American, pacing; an irishman, afterward.

An Englishman thinks seated; a Frenchman, standing; an American, pacing; an irishman, afterward.

I think of life as a good book. The further you get into it, the more it begins to make read more

I think of life as a good book. The further you get into it, the more it begins to make sense.

What we think, we become.

What we think, we become.

Many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

Many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.