Conventions Quote by Ford Madox Ford

A professional man of letters, especially if he is much at war with unscrupulous enemies, is naturally jealous of his privacy; he will be…

— Walter Raleigh

“God, but he was sick of missives. Letters were what people resorted to when they didn't want to lie to your face. When they…

— Sabrina Jeffries

Letters are above all useful as a means of expressing the ideal self; and no other method of communication is quite so good for…

— Elizabeth Hardwick

Generally, people who are good at writing letters have no need to write letters. They've got plenty of life to lead inside their own…

— Haruki Murakami

A letter is not a dialogue or even an omniscient exposition. It is a fabric of surfaces, a mask, a form as well suited…

— Elizabeth Hardwick

“I have just received your letter, and shall devote this whole morning to answering it, as I foresee that a little writing will not…

— Jane Austen

there are lots of ways of answering a letter - and writing doesn't happen to be mine.

— Edith Wharton

I consider it a good rule for letter-writing to leave unmentioned what the recipient already knows, and instead tell him something new.

— Sigmund Freud

Many people believe letters the most personal and revealing form of communication. In them, we expect to find the charmer at his nap, slumped,…

— Elizabeth Hardwick

[A formula for answering controversial letters -- without even reading the letters:] Dear Sir (or Madame): You may be right.

— H. L. Mencken

Never think, because you cannot write a letter easily, that it is better not to write at all. The most awkward note imaginable is…

— Emily Post

He is a letter to everyone. You open it. It says, Live.

— Rumi