No doubt any connoisseur, any collector, some bored old millionaire when he shows off his treasures, is seeking in your praise the resurrection and the life.

Where can one find a profounder desolation than in the poor child who has lost its mother?

Remember I'm an artist. And you know what that means in a court of law. Next worst to an actress

Plantie is a very strong Protestant, that is to say, he's against all churches, especially the Protestant: and he thinks a lot of Buddha, Karma and Confucius. He is also a bit of an anarchist and three or four years ago he took up Einstein and vitamins.

God is a character, a real and consistent being, or He is nothing. If God did a miracle He would deny His own nature and the universe would simply blow up, vanish, become nothing.

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

I write the big scenes first, that is, the scenes that carry the meaning of the book, the emotional experience.