It isn't what people think that is important, but the reason they think what they think.

For me, it is as though at every moment the actual world had completely lost its actuality. As though there was nothing there; asthough there were no foundations for anything or as though it escaped us. Only one thing, however, is vividly present: the constant tearing of the veil of appearances; the constant destruction of everything in construction. Nothing holds together, everything falls apart.

There are more dead people than living. And their numbers are increasing. The living are getting rarer.

Shakespeare was the great one before us. His place was between God and despair.

To become conscious of what is horrifying and to laugh at it is to become master of that which is horrifying

Why do people always expect authors to answer questions? I am an author because I want to ask questions. If I had answers, I'd be a politician.

Mediocrity is more dangerous in a critic than in a writer.