There is no triumph of good, and if there were it would not be a triumph of good.

A letter is a barrier, a reprieve, a charm against the world, an almost infallible method of acting at a distance.

The best thing about being God would be making the heads.

Only lies and evil come from letting people off.

There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship.

Nothing is more maddening than being questioned by the object of one's interest about the object of hers, should that object not be you.

All art deals with the absurd and aims at the simple. Good art speaks truth, indeed is truth, perhaps the only truth.