Soccer is popular because stupidity is popular.

His life, measured in space and time, will take up a mere few lines, which my ignorance will abbreviate further.

As to my writing short pieces, there are two reasons I can give you. The first is my invincible laziness. The second is that I've always been fond of short stories, and it always took me some trouble to get through a novel.

I hardly know what I'm going to write - an article, a story, a poem in free verse - or in some regular form. I only know that when I have the first sentence. And when the first sentence makes a kind of pattern, then I find out the kind of rhythm I'm looking for.

So plant your own gardens and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.

I cannot sleep unless I am surrounded by books.

I can give you my loneliness, my darkness, the hunger of my heart, I am trying to bribe you with uncertainty, with danger, with defeat.