Nothing is mysterious, no human relation. Except love.

Communism is fascism with a human face.

Interpretation is the revenge of the intellectual upon art.

I don't write easily or rapidly. My first draft usually has only a few elements worth keeping. I have to find what those are and build from them and throw out what doesn't work, or what simply is not alive.

Fear binds people together. And fear disperses them. Courage inspires communities: the courage of an example - for courage is as contagious as fear. But courage, certain kinds of courage, can also isolate the brave.

I want to save my soul, that timid wind.

Intelligence is really a kind of taste: taste in ideas.