I will be free, even to the uttermost, as I please, in words.
Starting a novel is opening a door on a misty landscape; you can still see very little but you can smell the earth and feel the wind blowing.
It is not enough that I succeed, everyone else must fail.
Every artist is an unhappy lover. And unhappy lovers want to tell their story.
The most essential and fundamental aspect of culture is the study of literature, since this is an education in how to picture and understand human situations.
A middling talent makes for a more serene life.
Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods.
I will only add, God bless you.
Street hockey is great for kids. It's energetic, competitive, and skilful. And best of all, it keeps them off the street.
You don't have to know everything in the world. We aren't supposed to. It makes you boring in mixed company if you can't be interested and ask questions of other people.
Two negatives don't make a positive, any more than two half-wits make a wit.