A novel should be an experience and convey an emotional truth rather than arguments.

People don't use their eyes. They never see a bird, they see a sparrow. They never see a tree, they see a birch. They see concepts.

Life would die without poets, and democracy must have its spellbinders.

A perfect God is the creation of a conceited man

The will is never free - it is always attached to an object, a purpose. It is simply the engine in the car - it can't steer

Love doesn't grow on trees like apples in Eden - it's something you have to make. And you must use your imagination too.

No honest hardworking official likes to see good money disappearing into the hands of the Treasury at the end of the financial year.