Whenever I have talked to anyone at too great length, I am like a man who has drunk too much, and ashamed, doesn't know where to put himself.

There is nothing like literature: I lose a cow, I write about her death, and my writing pays me enough to buy another cow.

There are moments when everything goes well, but don't be frightened.

You can recover from the writing malady only by falling mortally ill and dying.

As I grow to understand life less and less, I learn to love it more and more.

Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock.

If money does not make you happy, give it back