Art transcends war. Art is the language of God and war is the barking of men. Beethoven is bigger than war.

A woman is not a whole woman without the experience of marriage. In the case of a bad marriage, you win if you lose. Of the two alternatives - bad marriage or none - I believe bad marriage would be better. It is a bitter experience and a high price to pay for fulfillment, but it is the better alternative.

There is no adequate definition for creative writing, any more than it is possible to describe pain or flavor or color.

Art transcends war. Art is the language of God and war is the barking of men. Beethoven is bigger than war.

Nervous hands as if the fingers were dripping from them like icicles.

The maimed bodies aren't the worst. That's the easy way to hate war. The safe way. I - hate it just as much for the maimed souls that stay at home.

Crushed to earth and rising again is an author's gymnastic. Once he fails to struggle to his feet and grab his pen, he will contemplate a fact he should never permit himself to face: that in all probability books have been written, are being written, will be written, better than anything he has done, is doing, or will do.