It's very rare that a character comes to mind complete in himself. He needs additional traits that I often pick from actual people. One way you can cover your tracks is to change the sex. — Louis Auchincloss Copy Share Image
The only thing that keeps a man going is energy. And what is energy but liking life? — Louis Auchincloss Copy Share
“But Pierre had been born with a shrewdness that made him early aware that a failure to believe that human events were ordered by… — Louis Auchincloss Copy Share
I had always been considered such a nonentity where human relations were concerned that the idea that I might have an influence, even a… — Louis Auchincloss Copy Share
Buechner is a worthy member of the great prose stylists: Pascal, Newman, and Merton, who have harnessed their art to a passionate religious faith. — Louis Auchincloss Copy Share
A lot of writers ... sit in a log cabin by the lake and put their feet up by the fire in the silence… — Louis Auchincloss Copy Share
I used to go to church. I even went through a rather intense religious period when I was sixteen. But the idea of an… — Louis Auchincloss Copy Share
It seems to me that the arts are rather flourishing. There's an awful lot of bad art about because of this, but that's true… — Louis Auchincloss Copy Share
I don't particularly care about having [my characters] talk realistically, that doesn't mean very much to me. Actually, a lot of people speak more… — Louis Auchincloss Copy Share
Decent artists go through bad times but eventually they do get recognized. It's by no means a battle lost. Yet. — Louis Auchincloss Copy Share
As the classes in modern life come together, we have become much more intensely class conscious. It's a very curious thing. But I deal… — Louis Auchincloss Copy Share
