Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not enough to effect this change. The whole democratic system would have to be rethought.

Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them so that each might express a tiny part of what it is.

...this is the way fate usually treats us, it's right there behind us, it has already reached out a hand to touch us on the shoulder while we're still muttering to ourselves, It's all over, that's it, who cares anyhow.

The difficult thing isn't living with other people, it's understanding them.

Age carries with it a double load of guilt.

The worst pain ... isn't the pain you feel at the time, it's the pain you feel later on when there's nothing you can do about it, They say that time heals all wounds, But we never live long enough to test that theory.

Words have their own hierarchy, their own protocol, their own artistic titles, their own plebeian stigmas.