Irish poet and playwright
He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.
I want my food dead. Not sick, not dying, dead.
Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.
I can resist everything except temptation.
This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.
The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation.
All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. Those who read the symbol do so at their peril. It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors. Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the work is new, complex and vital.
Work is the curse of the drinking classes.
It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.
'The Lady's World' should be made the recognized organ for the expression of women's opinions on all subjects of literature, art and modern life, and yet it should be a magazine that men could read with pleasure.