The more I see of life the more I perceive that only through solitary communion with nature can one gain an idea of its richness and meaning.

Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once.

He [George Orwell] would not blow his nose without moralising on conditions in the handkerchief industry.

The one way to get thin is to re-establish a purpose in life.

The true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and no other task is of any consequence.

The river of truth is always splitting up into arms that reunite. Islanded between them, the inhabitants argue for a lifetime as to which is the mainstream.

In my religion, there would be no exclusive doctrine; all would be love, poetry, and doubt.