A man was the sum of his limits; freedom only made him see how much so.

These are ideas that work for many, and that may well reflect your true understanding of life.

That there should be a purpose to suffering, that a person should be chosen for it, special - these are houses of the mind, in which whole peoples have found shelter.

... there is ... a big aspect of play in writing novels, and making the story more and more elaborate is just more and more fun.

The independents are the ones who tend to commit suicide. I'm not against this way of being in the world. Individuals have brought us many treasures. You can't just say that's a bad way of being in the world - it's not. But it's not everyone's way of being in the world.

Anything is possible. A man is what he makes up his mind to be.

I think that there is a bias in the current literary climate, which is not only very Western but very male.