I know well enough that very few people who are supposedly interested in writing are interested in writing well. They are interested in publishing something, and if possible in making a "killing." They are interested in being a writer not in writing. . . If this is what you are interested in, I am not going to be much use to you.

Knowing who you are is good for one generation only. You haven't the foggiest idea where you stand now or who you are

If there were no hell, we would be like the animals. No hell, no dignity.

If you're a Catholic you believe what the Church teaches and the climate makes no difference.

Accepting oneself does not preclude an attempt to become better.

You ought to be able to discover something from your stories. If you don't, probably nobody else will.

The writer can choose what he writes about but he cannot choose what he is able to make live.