We sometimes find truth, but more often it finds us.

In philosophy, the principles are more interesting than the examples. In literature, the examples are more interesting than the principles.

Many have never felt strong, but everyone knows what it is to feel weak.

If you insist on asking me why I feel the way I do, I plan to take the Fifth Amendment.

Masturbation is a democratic pleasure, practiced by rich and poor, young and old, married and single.

Everything changes as it is written down.

Writing is a refuge from unhappiness, but has its own sorrows.