No technological achievements can mitigate the disappointment of modern man, his loneliness, his feeling of inferiority, and his fear of war, revolution and terror. Not only has our generation lost faith in Providence but also in man himself, in his institutions and often in those who are nearest to him.

I know as a writer how valuable a tool is the wastebasket. Perhaps God throws away many experiments before He finds the right expression. Perhaps we are the discards - or we could be the part He keeps. This mystery is what keeps us all going, to see what happens in the next chapter.

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

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

It is a general rule that when the grain of truth cannot be found, men will swallow great helpings of falsehood.

When a day passes, it is no longer there. What remains of it? Nothing more than a story. If stories weren't told or books weren't written, man would live like the beasts, only for the day.

I believe in God but people are liars. It's those people who say they are appointed by God who I don't believe in.