The business of writing is one of the four or five most private things in the world.

- Ethel Wilson

Your power comes from the songs.

- Ethel Wilson

The formidable power of geography determines the character and performance of a people.

- Ethel Wilson

Dullness is a misdemeanour.

- Ethel Wilson

A writer's mind seems to be situated partly in the solar plexus and partly in the head.

- Ethel Wilson