The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke.

Here was one place where I could find out who I was and what I was going to become. And that was the public library.

Take a look at the books other people have in their homes.

As I go to sleep I remember what my father said-that one can never be sure if one will awake. The way my health is now, this is becoming more and more real.

It's not that you aren't likable. On the contrary. You are. It's just that one wonders if you haven't made a career out of being so likable.

My choice of a life of adventure may well have been a result of the fact that action raised my blood pressure giving me enough energy to live.

I collect human relationships very much the way others collect fine art.