There are the two curses of Spain, the bulls and the priests.

we would be together and have our books and at night be warm in bed together with the windows open and the stars bright.

If the others heard me talking out loud they would think that I am crazy. But since I am not, I do not care.

A man does not exist until he is drunk.

But you always fall for somebody else and then it's all right. Fall for them but don't let them ruin you.

Find what gave you emotion; what the action was that gave you excitement. Then write it down making it clear so that the reader can see it too. Prose is architecture, not interior decoration, and the Baroque is over.

If you have a success, you have it for the wrong reasons. If you become popular it is always because of the worst aspects of your work.