To look at the paper is to raise a seashell to one's ear and to be overwhelmed by the roar of humanity.

I assemble my ideas in pieces on a computer file, then gradually find a place for them on a piece of scaffolding I erect.

The largest part of what we call 'personality' is determined by how we've opted to defend ourselves against anxiety and sadness".

The pleasure we derive from journeys is perhaps dependent more on the mindset with which we travel than on the destination we travel to.

One of the better guarantors of ending up in a good relationship: an advanced capacity to be alone.

People who readily accept the need for a gym will resist that their personalities might need some work too.

We should read other people's books in order to learn what we feel; it is our own thoughts we should be developing, even if it is another writer's thought that help us to do so.