A real writer is always shifting and changing and searching.

Being in the pulpit, was like being in the theatre; I was behind the scenes and knew how the illusion worked.

It is a very rare man who does not victimize the helpless.

Neither love nor terror makes one blind: indifference makes one blind.

The interior life is a real life, and the intangible dreams of people have a tangible effect on the world.

No one can possibly know what is about to happen: it is happening, each time, for the first time, for the only time.

I was guilty and irritated and full of love and pain. I wanted to kick him and I wanted to take him in my arms.