It seems that the analysis of character is the highest human entertainment. And literature does it, unlike gossip, without mentioning names.

Even in the worm that crawls in the earth there glows a divine spark. When you slaughter a creature, you slaughter God.

Whatever doesn't really happen is dreamed at night. It happens to one if it doesn't happen to another, tomorrow if not today, or a century hence if not next year.

Various philosophers and religious leaders tried to convince their disciples and followers that animals are nothing more than machines without a soul, without feelings. However, anyone who has ever lived with an animal-be it a dog, a bird, or even a mouse-knows that this theory is a brazen lie, invented to justify cruelty.

Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression.

The pessimism of the creative person is not decadence but a mighty passion for the redemption of man.

When I was a little boy, they called me a liar, but now that I am grown up, they call me a writer.