I work very slowly. It's like building a ladder, where you're building your own ladder rung by rung, and you're climbing the ladder. It's not the best way to build a ladder, but I don't know any other way.

Much in our lives is chance.

A daydreamer is prepared for most things.

Very few writers of distinction in fact were outstanding as undergraduates.

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

There is a terrible weight in all kinds of beauty

These are the moments for which we live.