Movies are our cheap and easy expression, the sullen art of displaced persons.
Pain seems to be easier, or melancholy seems to be easier to portray in a character. I don't know if that's because I'm a human being or because I'm an Irishman or both.
Letters should be easy and natural, and convey to the persons to whom we send them just what we should say to the persons if we were with them.
No notes. You speak from deep in your heart. It's easy.
Invent a new language anyone can understand.
Wit in conversation is only a readiness of thought and a facility of expression, or a quick conception and an easy delivery.
