All art is the struggle to be, in a particular sort of way, virtuous.
It is difficult in life to be good, and difficult in art to portray goodness. Perhaps we don't know much about goodness.
The sending of a letter constitutes a magical grasp upon the future.
A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.
Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck.
Jealousy is the most dreadfully involuntary of all sins.