I think Shakespeare got drunk after he finished King Lear. That he had a ball writing it. — Louis Auchincloss
I couldn’t bear to see a chapter of the gospel turned into a chapter of Trollope. — Louis Auchincloss
Great lecturers seldom hesitate to use dramatic tricks to enshrine their precepts — Louis Auchincloss
I don’t particularly care about having [my characters] talk realistically, that doesn’t — Louis Auchincloss
If you can sense the corruption in me, it is … because there’s a dose of it in you. — Louis Auchincloss
A neurotic can perfectly well be a literary genius, but his greatest danger is always that he — Louis Auchincloss
With her high pale brow under her faded brown hair, she was like a rock washed clean by years — Louis Auchincloss
We were not as rich as the rockefellers or mellons, but we were rich enough to know how rich they were. — Louis Auchincloss