Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack. We give it orders which make no sense.

The ordinary man is involved in action, the hero acts. An immense difference.

I feel that America is essentially against the artist, that the enemy of America is the artist, because he stands for individuality and creativeness, and that's un-American somehow.

My understanding of the meaning of a book is that the book itself disappears from sight, that it is chewed alive, digested and incorporated into the system as flesh and blood which in turn creates new spirit and reshapes the world.

The only difference between the Adamic man and the man of today is that the one was born to Paradise and the other has to create it.

When you know what men are capable of you marvel neither at their sublimity nor their baseness. There are no limits in either direction apparently.

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.