What I would really love to happen to me would be if I came upon an idea that would keep me busy until I die so I wouldn't have to go through the business of thinking up a new book. But I wouldn't mind writing a long book which is going to occupy me for the rest of my life.

Literature isn't a moral beauty contest. Its power arises from the authority and audacity with which the impersonation is pulled off; the belief it inspires is what counts.

There’s no remaking reality... Just take it as it comes. Hold your ground and take it as it comes. There’s no other way.

This is what you know about someone you have to hate: he charges you with his crime and castigates himself in you.

He had learned the worst lesson that life can teach - that it makes no sense.

Fear tends to manifest itself much more quickly than greed, so volatile markets tend to be on the downside. In up markets, volatility tends to gradually decline.

Is an intelligent human being likely to be much more than a large-scale manufacturer of misunderstanding?