We must select the Illusion which appeals to our temperament and embrace it with passion, if we want to be happy. – Cyril Connolly
Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self. – Cyril Connolly
We are all serving a life sentence in the dungeon of the self. – Cyril Connolly
The artist one day falls through a hole in the brambles, and from that moment he is following the dark rapids of an underground river which may sometimes flow so near to the surface that the laughing picnic parties are heard above. – Cyril Connolly