The instances of honesty that one comes across in this world are just as amazing as the instances of dishonesty. After forty-five years of mixing wit…

- Ford Madox Ford

But responsibility hardens the heart. It must.

- Ford Madox Ford

The object of the novelist is to keep the reader entirely oblivious of the fact that the author exists - even of the fact he is reading a book.

- Ford Madox Ford

For the judging of contemporary literature the only test is one's personal taste. If you much like a new book, you must call it literature even thoug…

- Ford Madox Ford

There is no man who loves a woman that does not desire to come to her for the renewal of his courage, for the cutting asunder of his difficulties. An…

- Ford Madox Ford

Only two classes of books are of universal appeal. The very best and the very worst.

- Ford Madox Ford

The world is full of places to which I want to return

- Ford Madox Ford

If you're going to have a character appear in a story long enough to sell a newspaper, he'd better be real enough that you can smell his breath.

- Ford Madox Ford

What the artist wishes to do — as far as you are concerned — is to take you out of yourself. As far as he is concerned, he wishes to express himself.

- Ford Madox Ford