Enjoyment of football is part of the social context, and I have lost my faith in this social context.

Any intelligent person knows that life is a beautiful thing and that the purpose of life is to be happy," said my father as he watched the three beauties. "But it seems only idiots are ever happy. How can we explain this?

When something explosive is kept hidden away, a tension builds within that must ultimately be released.

Painting taught literature to describe.

I believe strongly in an author's moral responsibility. But his first obligation is to write good books.

As soon as I observed myself from outside myself, I recognized and understood that I had a long-standing habit of keeping an eye on myself. That's how I managed to pull myself together, over the years, checking myself from the outside.

I read a book one day and my whole life was changed.