The mystical impulse in men is somehow a desire to possess the universe. In women, it's a desire to be possessed.

The "passion for incredulity" can produce as much self-deception as the uncritical will to believe.

The mystical impulse in men is somehow a desire to possess the universe. In women, it's a desire to be possessed.

The complex develops out of the simple.

Too much success gets you resting on your laurels and creates a kind of quicksand that you can't get out of.

Being very famous is not the fun it sounds. It merely means you're being chased by a lot of people and you lose your privacy.

I had never doubted my own abilities, but I was quite prepared to believe that "the world" would decline to recognize them.