The primacy of the word, basis of the human psyche, that has in our age been used for mind-bending persuasion and brain-washing pulp, disgraced by Gobbles and debased by advertising copy, remains a force for freedom that flies out between all bars.

All worthwhile writing... comes from an individual vision, privately pursued.

it's impossible to conquer all fear and loss by preparation. There are always sources of desolation that aren't taken into account because no one knows what they will be.

Art defies defeat by its very existence, representing the celebration of life, in spite of all attempts to degrade and destroy it.

I have learned since that sometimes the things we want most are impossible for us. You may long to come home, yet wander forever.

Everyone ends up moving alone towards the self

Communists are the last optimists.