Art attempts to find in the universe, in matter as well as in the facts of life, what is fundamental, enduring, essential.

It is wrong to turn a man (a subject) into a thing (an object). By means of spiritual dialogue, the I-It relationship becomes an I-Thou relationship. God comes and goes in man's soul. And men come and go in each other's souls. Sometimes they come and go in each other's beds, too.

The challenge of modern freedom, or the combination of isolation and freedom which confronts you, is to make yourself up. The danger is that you may emerge from the process as a not-entirely-human creature. (Referenced in How to Lose Friends and Alienate People by Toby Young)

California is like an artificial limb the rest of the country doesn't really need. You can quote me on that.

A fool can throw a stone in a pond that 100 wise men can not get out.

If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.

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