He is trying to recapture his innocence, yet all he succeeds in doing (by writing) is to inoculate the world with a virus of his disillusionment.
Henry MillerAn artist earns the right to call himself a creator only when he admits to himself that he is but an instrument.
Henry MillerThe real enemy can always be met and conquered, or won over. Real antagonism is based on love, a love which has not recognized itself.
Henry MillerWriting, like life itself, is a voyage of discovery. The adventure is a metaphysical one: it is a way of approaching life indirectly, of acquiring a total rather than a partial view of the universe. The writer lives between the upper and lower worlds: he takes the path in order eventually to become the path himself.
Henry Miller