Not less than two hours a day should be devoted to exercise, and the weather should be little regarded.

I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as containing everything rational in moral philosophy which Greek and Roman leave to us.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.

I wrote as a kid, but I never wanted to be a writer, particularly. I had been drawing and painting for years and loved that.

True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.

Theater criticism should be visceral, at least on some level, an articulation of that fierceness and passion. I usually do a fair amount of research before I see a show - on the history of previous productions (if it's a revival) and the creative team.

Our imagination just needs space. It's all it needs, that moment where you just sort of stare into the distance where your brain gets to sort of somehow rise up.