As I get older, I've learned to listen to people rather than accuse them of things.
It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
One of the best rules in conversation is, never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish had been left unsaid.
Creative work is play. It is free speculation using materials of one's chosen form.
I never know how much of what I say is true.
Never make a defense or an apology until you are accused.