I have always been suspicious of romantic love. It looks too much like a narcissism shared by two.

The price of dishonesty is self-destruction.

Do not judge. Never presume to judge another human being anyway. That's up to heaven.

I have always been suspicious of romantic love. It looks too much like a narcissism shared by two.

Writers are the moral purifiers of the culture. We may not be pure ourselves but we must tell the truth, which is a purifying act.

People who care for you inevitably become beautiful.

Trouble is said to be good for an artist's soul but almost never is.