WHORES. Necessary in the nineteenth century for the contraction of syphilis, without which no one could claim genius.

Well, they each seem to do one thing well enough, but fail to realize that literature depends on doing several things well at the same time.

Those were the days in this country where H. G. Wells, Bernard Shaw and Conan Doyle could have influence, and thats gone, thats true. But I dont think we have less influence in the hearts and minds of readers. I think, if anything, we have just as much, if not more.

Most of us remember adolescence as a kind of double negative: no longer allowed to be children, we are not yet capable of being adults.

It strikes me that this may be one of the differences between youth and age: when we are young, we invent different futures for ourselves; when we are old, we invent different pasts for others.

Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't.

There is accumulation. There is responsibility. And beyond this there is great unrest.