To say 'I love you' one must first be able to say the 'I.'

Paper is a check drawn by legal looters upon an account which is not theirs: upon the virtue of the victims. Watch for the day when it bounces, marked: 'Account Overdrawn.'

She knew that she could not have reached this white serenity except as the sum of all the colors, of all the violence she had known.

Compromise does not satisfy, but dissatisfies everybody; it does not lead to any general fulfillment, but to general frustration; those who try to become everything to all people end up by not being anything to anyone.

The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master.

The best, most natural dialogue is usually written as if the writer is listening to dictation. You might get stuck on any particular point and have to question yourself; but normally, dialogue writes itself.

It's such a waste to be subtle and vicious with people who don't even know that you're being subtle and vicious