No matter how much you know a human being, you don't know him enough.

Two important things are to have a genuine interest in people and to be kind to them. Kindness, I've discovered, is everything.

We all play chess with Fate as partner. He makes a move, we make a move. He tries to checkmate us in three moves, we try to prevent it. We know we can't win, but we're driven to give him a good fight.

When a human being kills an animal for food, he is neglecting his own hunger for justice.

When a writer tries to explain too much, he's out of time before he begins.

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

In their behavior toward creatures, all men are Nazis. Human beings see oppression vividly when they're the victims. Otherwise they victimize blindly and without a thought.