We must believe in free will - we have no choice.

Some of my cronies call me a pessimist and a decadent, but there is always a background of faith behind resignation.

If Moses had been paid newspaper rates for the Ten Commandments, he might have written the Two Thousand Commandments.

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

When a human kills an animal for food, he is neglecting his own hunger for justice. Man prays for mercy, but is unwilling to extend it to others. Why should man then expect mercy from God? It's unfair to expect something that you are not willing to give.

While the poet entertains he continues to search for eternal truths, for the essence of being. In his own fashion he tries to solve the riddle of time and change, to find an answer to suffering, to reveal love in the very abyss of cruelty and injustice. Strange as these words may sound I often play with the idea that when all the social theories collapse and wars and revolutions leave humanity in utter gloom, the poet--whom Plato banned from his Republic--may rise up to save us all.

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