The man who is forever disturbed about the condition of humanity either has no problems of his own or has refused to face them.

When you travel often, you will be addicted to it forever.

I think someday you're going to be a great writer," he said. "But" he added maliciously, "first you'll have to suffer a bit. I mean really suffer, because you don't know what the word means yet. You only think you've suffered. You've got to fall in love first.

For the artist to attach himself to his work, or identify himself with it, is suicidal.

Writing, 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.

Do anything, but let it produce joy. Do anything, but let it yield ecstasy.

I used to think a bird couldn't fly if its wings got wet.