Confusion is a luxury which only the very, very young can possibly afford and you are not that young anymore

When you're writing you're trying to find out something which you don't know.

People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.

Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets, and one day, for each of us, the sun will go down for the last, last time.

A writer has to take all the risks of putting down what he sees.

To defend oneself against a fear is simply to insure that one will, one day, be conquered by it; fears must be faced.

James Joyce is right about history being a nightmare-- but it may be that nightmare from which no one can awaken. People are trapped in history and history in trapped in them.