Perhaps it was freedom itself that choked her.

He liked the fact that Venice had no cars. It made the city human. The streets were like veins, he thought, and the people were the blood, circulating everywhere.

That wasn't a bad price for a first book. My agent upped it as much as possible. I was 27 and had nothing behind me. I was working like a fool to earn a living and pay for my apartment

Robert Walker as Bruno was excellent. He had elegance and humor, and the proper fondness for his mother

In view of the fact that I surround myself with numbskulls now, I shall die among numbskulls, and on my deathbed shall be surrounded by numbskulls who will not understand what I am saying ... Whom am I sleeping with these days ? Franz Kafka.

My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people.

I think people often try to find through sex things that are much easier to find in other ways.