It seemed out of place to think of consequences during the fiesta.

All the contact I have had with politics has left me feeling as though I had been drinking out of spitoons.

Fear of death increases in exact proportion to increase in wealth.

You don't have to destroy me. Do you?

A writer is like a gypsy. He owes no allegiance to any government. If he is a good writer he will never like any government he lives under. His hand should be against it and its hand will always be against him.

The fact that I am interrupting serious work to answer these questions proves that I am so stupid that I should be penalized severely. I will be. Don't worry.

Having books published is very destructive to writing. It is even worse than making love too much. Because when you make love too much at least you get a damned clarte that is like no other light. A very clear and hollow light.