People move forward into the future out of the way they comprehend the past. When we don't understand something in our past, we are therefore crippled.

Every moment of one's existence one is growing into more or retreating into less. One is always living a little more or dying a little bit.

Writers don't have lifestyles. They just sit in little rooms and write.

Any workout which does not involve a certain minimum of danger or responsibility does not improve the body - it just wears it out.

The natural role of twentieth-century man is anxiety.

Masculinity is not something given to you, but something you gain. And you gain it by winning small battles with honor.

What's the use of being a writer if you can't irritate a great many people?