Communists are the last optimists.
There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice.
I couldn't be sufficiently interested in human beings to be a writer if I had contempt for human beings.
I never talk about what I'm writing about currently, never. It's private work on your own, no need or obligation to talk about it. Writers are made into performers these days, including myself, but there are some instances in which I will not perform.
One can't measure how a mood of confidence comes about.
Keenness of hearing revives when one is alone.