I hate Bernard Shaw because he says that life is compromise.

If misery spelled revolt, we should have had nothing but revolt from the beginning of time. On the contrary, it is quite rare.

To me, all the juice of a book is in an unpublished manuscript, and the published book is like a dead tree - just good for cutting up and building your house with.

About myself - no. I'm unimportant, an observer, a wandering animal.

Old age is perhaps life's decision about us.

Creation of something out of nothing is the most primitive of human passions and the most optimistic

You want to be free and break new ground, speak your mind, fear no man, have the neighbours acknowledge that you're a good man; and at the same time you want to be a success, make money, join the country club, get the votes and kick the other man in the teeth and off the ladder.