It is one thing to be in the proximity of death, to know more or less what she is, and it is quite another thing to seek her.

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

Sometimes you know the story. Sometimes you make it up as you go along and have no idea how it will come out.

Find the best writers, pay them to write, and avoid typos at all costs.

Everything you have is to give. Thou art a phenomenon of philosophy and an unfortunate man.

He liked the works of his friends, which is beautiful as loyalty but can be disastrous as judgement.

I used to play cello. My mother kept me out of school a whole year to study music and counterpoint. She thought I had ability, but I was absolutely without talent.