I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity.

It's important that you think of your relationship with the world and the way you can express that world and that you not be stopped if it scandalizes or embarrasses; but you must not look for scandal or for the avant-garde as a thing in itself.

A writer is hoisted up onto a pedestal only to scrutinize him more closely and conclude that it was a mistake to put him up there in the first place.

Writing is a trade ... which is learned by writing.

To give space when what one most yearns for is closeness, that is both the great test and great tragedy of love.

The characteristic feature of all ethics is to consider human life as a game that can be won or lost and to teach man the means of winning.

The most mediocre of males feels himself a demigod as compared with women.