I would write one true sentence, and then go on from there.

All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn.

The questioners had that beautiful detachment and devotion to stern justice of men dealing in death without being in any danger of it.

It is very bad for (an artist) to talk about how he (creates). It is not the (artist's) province to explain or to run guided tours through the more difficult country of his work. It's none of their business that you had to learn. Let them think you were born that way.

If you stop complaining and asking for what you never will get, you will have a good life. A good life is not measured by any biblical span.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.

To stay in places and to leave, to trust, to distrust, to no longer believe and believe again, . . . to watch the snow come, to watch it go, to hear rain on a tent, to know where I can find what I want.