When the book comes out it may hurt you - but in order for me to do it, it had to hurt me first. I can only tell you about yourself as much as I can face about myself.

The impossible is the least that one can demand.

If you're treated a certain way you become a certain kind of person. If certain things are described to you as being real they're real for you whether they're real or not.

Every legend, moreover, contains its residuum of truth, and the root function of language is to control the universe by describing it.

You don't need numbers; you need passion, and this is proven by the history of the world!

Experience is a private, very largely speechless affair.

Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race is beneath their notice, that they're better than other human beings.