Human affairs are not serious, but they have to be taken seriously.

Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end.

Starting a novel is opening a door on a misty landscape; you can still see very little but you can smell the earth and feel the wind blowing.

Every artist is an unhappy lover. And unhappy lovers want to tell their story.

The most essential and fundamental aspect of culture is the study of literature, since this is an education in how to picture and understand human situations.

Being in love is an exhausting business.

Words are the most subtle symbols which we possess and our human fabric depends on them.