There has to be pain. That's the rule.

It is not that the meaning cannot be explained. But there are certain meanings that are lost forever the moment they are explained in words.

If you listen to the radio for a whole hour there's maybe one decent song. The rest is mass-produced garbage

A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime.

You can hide as cleverly as you like, but in the final analysis mimicry is deception, pure and simple. It doesn't solve a thing.

I'm a very ordinary human being; I just happen to like reading books.

People want to be bowled over by something special. Nine times out of ten you might strike out, but that tenth time, that peak experience, is what people want. That's what can move the world. That's art.