The only story that seems worth writing is a cry, a shot, a scream. A story should break the reader's heart.

It is not altogether wrong to say that there is no such thing as a bad photograph - only less interesting, less relevant, less mysterious ones.

Whoever invented marriage was an ingenious tormentor. It is an institution committed to the dulling of the feelings. The whole point of marriage is repetition. The best it aims for is the creation of strong, mutual dependencies.

All my life I've been looking for someone intelligent to talk to.

Shouting has never made me understand anything.

We are ruled by quotations.

Societies need to have one illness which becomes identified with evil, and attaches blame to its victims.