“- Lytton Strachey: The truth is, I've always been better at living than I ever was at writing.
- Dora Carrington: What's wrong with that?”
Jonathan Pryce - Lytton Strachey
Emma Thompson - Dora Carrington

“Life is the ultimate experience, and you have to live it to write about it.”
Viveca Lindfors - Professor Taub

“- Sebastian: First I have to live a little so I have something to write about.
- Henrietta: So, for the time being, you're just going to live a little?
- Sebastian: No, I'm going to live a lot.”
Adrian Grenier - Sebastian Cole
Clark Gregg - Henrietta

“- Flora Poste: I want to learn about real life.
- Charles Fairford: What for?
- Flora Poste: To put it in books.”
Kate Beckinsale - Flora Poste
Christopher Bowen - Charles Fairford

“You must write from life, from the depths of your soul!”
Gabriel Byrne - Friedrich Bhaer