To hell with luck. I'll bring the luck with me.

There are some things which cannot be learned quickly, and time, which is all we have, must be paid heavily for their acquiring.

I would stand and look out over the roofs of Paris and think, "Do not worry. You have always written before and you will write now. All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.

When you have a child, the world has a hostage.

I never liked to hunt, you know. There was always the danger of having a horse fall on you.

Fascism is a lie told by bullies.

We need more true mystery in our lives Hem- he said. The completely unambitious writer and the really good unpublished poem are the things we lack most. There is of course the problem of sustenance