Periods of rapid and fundamental change were never favourable for literature. Significant works, have nearly always and everywhere been created in periods of stability, be it good or bad.

In our country they do not permit any information to be X-rayed through and through, nor any discussion to encompass all the facets of a subject. All this is invariably suppressed at the very beginning, so no ray of light should fall on the naked body of truth. And then all this is piled up in one formless heap covering many years, where it languishes for whole decades, until all interest and all means of sorting out the rusty blocks from all this trash are lost.

I was always optimistic. And I held to and was guided by my views.

The one good thing about repeating your mistakes is that you know when to cringe

Pride grows in the human heart like lard on a pig.

A strong man never loses his head in defeat or despondency.

Too much art was no art at all. Like candy instead of bread!