An actress wants to be seen. An actress wants to be loved. By multitudes of people, not just one lone man.

One writes to memorialize, and to bring to life again that which has been lost.

Life and people are complex. A writer as an artist doesn't have the personality of a politician. We don't see the world that simply.

For what are the words with which to summarize a lifetime, so much crowded confused happiness terminated by such stark slow-motion pain?

Is there any mystery like who you finally turn out to be.

Writers are notoriously unable to know about themselves. Faulkner thought 'The Fable' was his best novel. F. Scott Fitzgerald liked 'Tender Is the Night,' an experimental novel.

The greatest works of literature seem to embody both "art" and "morality".