Things that appear on the front page of the newspaper as 'fact' are far more dangerous than the games played by a novelist, and can lead to wars.

Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.

I have committed many sins in my life. This precise sin-the sin against poets-is without absolution.

And so do people pass out of one's life and all you can remember of them is their humanity, a poor fitful thing of no dominion, like your own.

We are all good friends. Friendship is what endures. Shared ideals, respect for the whole character of a human being.

Implications of treason are fed like cubes of sugar to the twelve-headed animal which is justice. In ... opening remarks. In the way questions are asked. In support of lines of questioning where cases of treason are cited and the Judge endorses the relevance of the citation.

I did have a feeling then that the culture of factuality was so dominating that storytelling had lost all its authority.