Never trade a secret, you'll always get the short end of the bargain.

The cat sat on the mat is not a story. The cat sat on the other cat’s mat is a story.

Life was to be a search, or nothing! But it was the fear that it was nothing that drove me forward. Every encounter was an encounter with myself.

I happen to write by hand. I don't even type.

When it's going well [writing] goes terribly fast. It isn't at all surprising to write a chapter in a day, which for me is about twenty-two pages. When it's going badly, it isn't really going badly; it's just the beginning.

A lot of people see doubt as legitimate philosophical posture. They think of themselves in the middle, whereas of course really, they're nowhere.

A committee is an animal with four back legs.