Only self-hatred could lead him to ruin himself because his heart was "broken.

But a man's character is his fate... and in the end there isn't any way to disguise the nature of the knocks by acoustical work on the door or gloving the knuckles.

... unless you made your life a turning point, there was no reason for existing.

I think that New York is not the cultural centre of America, but the business and administrative centre of American culture.

The main reason for rewriting is not to achieve a smooth surface, but to discover the inner truth of your characters.

I pretended not to understand. One of life's hardest jobs, to make a quick understanding slow. I think I succeeded, thought Herzog.

A writer is in the broadest sense a spokesman of his community. Through him that community comes to know its heart. Without such knowledge, how long can it survive?