I wanted to die; I wanted to surrender because I saw no sense in struggling. I felt that nothing would be proved, substantiated, added or subtracted by continuing an existence which I had not asked for.

One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.

One of the reasons why so few of us ever act, instead of react, is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses.

Even the idiot may have a message for us

I had to learn, as I soon did, that one must give up everything and not do anything else but write, that one must writer and write and write, even if everybody in the world advises you against it, even if nobody believes in you.

A book is a part of life, a manifestation of life, just as much as a tree or a horse or a star. It obeys its own rhythms, its own laws, whether it be a novel, a play, or a diary. The deep, hidden rhythm of life is always there - that of the pulse, the heart beat.

Part of the act of creating is in discovering your own kind. They are everywhere. But don't look for them in the wrong places.