Do we always, always to the point of misery, do a thing?

Socrates said the unexamined life is not worth living. But the over-examined life makes you wish you were dead. Given the alternative, I'd rather be living.

A plan relieves you of the torment of choice.

Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need to reason elaborately.

I've discovered that rejections are not altogether a bad thing. They teach a writer to rely on his own judgment and to say in his heart of hearts, 'To hell with you.'

The soul has to find and hold its ground against hostile forces, sometimes embodied in ideas which frequently deny its very existence, and which indeed often seem to be trying to annul it altogether.

Hapiness can only be found if you can free yourself of all other distractions.