I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature.

You know what I'm afraid of? That God is sick of us.

paraphrasing.."Science is the language of the intellect of society. Art is language of the entire human personality.

God did not intend religion to be an exercise club.

History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself.

As for life's tragedies, our love will defeat them. Love is the most effective cure. In the crevices of disasters, happiness lies like a diamond in a mind, so let us instill in ourselves the wisdom of love.

I was suffering from a peculiar and persistent sense that I was being pursued, and also the conviction that under the political order of the times, our lives had no meaning.