If I had to choose between life in the Soviet Union and life in the U. S. A. , I would certainly choose the Soviet Union.

Never presume yours is a better morality.

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in...We should be thankful we cannot see the horrors and degradations lying around our childhood, in cupboards and bookshelves, everywhere.

Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic and fear which is inherent in a human situation.

Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

I measured love by the extent of my jealousy.

A brain is only capable of what it could conceive, andit couldnt concieve what it hasnt experienced