To love to teach is one thing, to love those you teach is another.
I know only two words of American slang, 'swell' and 'lousy'. I think 'swell' is lousy, but 'lousy' is swell.
Our trouble is that we drink too much tea. I see in this the slow revenge of the Orient, which has diverted the Yellow River down our throats.
The greatest writers of this age... are aware of the mystery of our existence.
Western man is schizophrenic.
If there is one thing left that I would like to do, it's to write something really beautiful. And I could do it, you know. I could still do it.