Any life, however long and complicated it may be, actually consists of a single moment — the moment when a man knows forever more who he is.

Soccer is popular because stupidity is popular.

What you really value is what you miss, not what you have.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

A writer - and, I believe, generally all persons - must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource.

In the critic's vocabulary, the word "precursor" is indispensable, but it should be cleansed of all connotations of polemic or rivalry. The fact is that every writer creates his own precursors. His work modifies our conception of the past, as it will modify the future." -- Essay: "Kafka and his Precursors

Had I to give advice to writers (and I do not think they need it, because everyone has to find out things for himself), I would tell them simply this; I would ask them to tamper as little as they can with their own work. I do not think tinkering does any good. The moment comes when one has found out what one can do - when one has found one's natural voice, one's rhythm. Then I do not think that slight emendations should prove useful.