Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others.

To be everywhere at once is to be nowhere forever, if you ask me.

My sole literary ambition is to write one good novel, then retire to my hut in the desert, assume the lotus position, compose my mind and senses, and sink into meditation, contemplating my novel.

How did Haydn and Mozart produce such vast quantities of formally perfect art? They worked from a perfect formula. In music, Beethoven was the Great Emancipator.

Man was created to complete the horse.

I have written much about many good places. But the best places of all, I have never mentioned.

Money confers the power to command the labor of others. Love of money is love of power. And love of power is the root of evil.