Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him.

Forget the books you want to write. Think only of the book you are writing.

There are only three things to be done with a woman. You can love her, suffer for her, or turn her into literature.

When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat.

The real enemy can always be met and conquered, or won over. Real antagonism is based on love, a love which has not recognized itself.

Until he [man] has become fully human, until he learns to conduct himself as a member of the earth, he will continue to create gods who will destroy him. The tragedy of Greece lies not in the destruction of a great culture but in the abortion of a great vision.

When into the womb of time everything is again withdrawn chaos will be restored and chaos is the score upon which reality is written.