it is all very well for you to write simply and the simpler the better. But do not start to think so damned simply. Know how complicated it is and then state it simply.

Auto racing, bull fighting, and mountain climbing are the only real sports... all the others are games.

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.

I wanted to try this new drink: That's all we do, isn't it - look at things and try new drinks?

Any man who eats dessert is not drinking enough.

How did we go bankrupt? Two ways. Slowly, and then all of a sudden.

For a true writer each book should be a new beginning, where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment.