I am certainly convinced that it is one of the greatest impulses of mankind to arrive at something higher than a natural state.

The young think that failure is the Siberian end of the line, banishment from all the living, and tend to do what I then did - which was to hide.

There are people in the world for whom "coming along" is a perpetual process, people who are destined never to arrive.

At four o'clock in the morning, when everyone is drunk enough, then extraordinary things can happen.

A liberal: someone who thinks he knows more about your experience than you do.

The great force of history comes from the fact that we carry it within us, are unconsciously controlled by it in many ways, and history is literally present in all that we do.

Secrets hidden at the heart of midnight are simply waiting to be dragged to the light, as, on some unlucky high noon, they always are. But secrets shrouded in the glare of candor are bound to defeat even the most determined and agile inspector for the light is always changing and proves that the eye cannot be trusted.