It may be that universal history is the history of the different intonations given a handful of metaphors.

It means much to have loved, to have been happy, to have laid my hand on the living Garden, even for a day.

I am attracted to fantastic writing, and fantastic reading, of course. But I think things that we call fantastic may be real, in the sense of being real symbols.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Personally, I am a hedonistic reader; I have never read a book merely because it was ancient. I read books for the aesthetic emotions they offer me, and I ignore the commentaries and criticism.

I think it's all to the good that a writer shouldn't be too famous. Because, in a country where a writer may be famous, he may be pandering to the mob, celebrity and so on.

The machinery of the world is far too complex for the simplicity of men.