In order to be an artist, one must be deeply rooted in the society.
The body is not a thing, it is a situation: it is our grasp on the world and our sketch of our project
immortality is a terrible curse.
Writing ... is a profession that can only be learned by writing.
Society turns away from the aged worker as though he belonged to another species. That is why the whole question is buried in a conspiracy of silence. Old age exposes the failure of our entire civilization.
He reflected. 'I know a lot of different kids of people; what I want is to show each of them how the others really are. You hear so many lies!