Unless a writer is extremely old when he dies, in which case he has probably become a neglected institution, his death must always seem untimely.
Color is not a human or a personal reality; it is a political reality.
I often wonder what I'd do if there weren't any books in the world.
To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger.
All art is a kind of confession.
When you're writing you're trying to find out something which you don't know.