Great men wait for the right moment to abandon caution. The rest of us abandon it when impatience becomes too much for us.

Always leave room for the reader to supply meanings.

Avid readers are enchanted by meaning, which is available chiefly in books.

Masks are what they seem to be; not so the faces beneath them.

I do not remember joy or sorrow in childhood, but listening for clues.

I would like to be a figment of my own imagination, but belly and bowels will not permit.

Authority is conferred by position, not character.