I was afraid of marriage. I had the impression married life would take up all my time. I saw myself drowning in visits and parties. No freedom.

I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.

I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening.

Writing is for men who can think and feel, not mindless sensation seekers out of nightclubs and bars. But these are bad times. We are condemned to work with upstarts, clowns who no doubt got their training in a circus and then turned to journalism as the appropriate place to display their tricks.

God did not intend religion to be an exercise club.

If life has no meaning, why don't we create a meaning for it?

We wont develop until we accept that reading is a vital necessity.