Every word born of an inner necessity - writing must never be anything else.

I don’t want to be anything special. I only want to try to be true to that in me which seeks to fulfill its promise.

To live fully, outwardly and inwardly, not to ignore the external reality for the sake of the inner life, or the reverse, that's quite a task

After each creative act one has to be sustained by one's strength of character, by a moral sense, by I don't know what, lest one tumble.

I don't think I have nerves of steel, far from it, but I can certainly stand up to things. I am not afraid to look suffering straight in the eyes.

If one finds the strength to deal with small things, one finds it to deal with the large ones as well.

The externals are simply so many props; everything we need is within us.