It was evident to him that the world composed and recomposed itself constantly in an endless process of dissatisfaction.

Writing is immensely difficult. The short forms especially.

Like art and politics, gangsterism is a very important avenue of assimilation into society.

Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.

The voice of the Constitution is the inescapably solemn self-consciousness of the people giving the law unto themselves.

History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.

A book begins as a private excitement of the mind.