My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way.

He was just a coward and that was the worst luck any many could have.

Writing is a hard business...but nothing makes you feel better.

There are only two places in the world where we can live happy: at home and in Paris.

I've been in love (truly) with five women, the Spanish Republic and the 4th Infantry Division.

When I saw my wife again standing by the tracks as the train came in by the piled logs at the station, I wished I had died before I had ever loved anyone but her.

Writing is something that you can never do as well as it can be done. It is a perpetual challenge and it is more difficult than anything else that I have ever done.