In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers, biding its time. – Somerset Maugham
I have an affection for a great city. I feel safe in the neighbourhood of man, and enjoy the sweet security of the streets. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
All pictures are unnatural. All pictures are sad because theyre about dead people. Paintings you dont think of in a special time or with a specific event. With photos I always think Im looking at something dead. – David Bailey
After these three novels I gave up writing novels for a time I was dissatisfied with romantic doom, yet didnt see much way around it. – Nicholas Mosley
