To live in a harmonious balance of commitments and pleasures is what I strive for.

Morality is a test of our conformity rather than our integrity.

I had always said to myself that forty was the cut off point of my apprenticeship which may for some people sound like a very long one, but the novel as art is a middle-aged art.

My private measure of success is daily. If this were to be the last day of my life would I be content with it? To live in a harmonious balance of commitments and pleasures is what I strive for.

Human beings tolerate what they understand they have to tolerate.

Knowledge is a collective enterprise. Without it understanding is impossible. Ignorance is too often a murderous vulnerability.

I believe only in art and failure.