We must travel in the direction of our fear.

I didn't want to be like Yeats; I wanted to be Yeats.

Bats have no bankers and they do not drink and cannot be arrested and pay no tax and, in general, bats have it made.

Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so.

The artist is extremely lucky who is presented with the worst possible ordeal which will not actually kill him. At that point, he's in business.