The closer a man approaches tragedy the more intense is his concentration of emotion upon the fixed point of his commitment, which is to say the closer he approaches what in life we call fanaticism.

They tried to escape technology, to stay away from that and still have relationships with their fellow humans. Very difficult.

The writer must be in it; he can't be to one side of it, ever. He has to be endangered by it. His own attitudes have to be tested in it. The best work that anybody ever writes is the work that is on the verge of embarrassing himself, always.

In America, any man who is not a reactionary in his views is open to the charge of alliance with the Red hell.

Life, woman, life is God's most precious gift; no principle, however glorious, may justify the taking of it.

I'm a fatalist.... I consider I am rejected in principle. My work is and, through my work, I am. If it's accepted, it's miraculous or the result of a misunderstanding.

He's liked, but he's not well liked.