A solitary, unused to speaking of what he sees and feels, has mental experiences which are at once more intense and less articulate than those of a gregarious man.

Thought that can merge wholly into feeling, feeling that can merge wholly into thought - these are the artist's highest joy.

A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.

Technology and comfort - having those, people speak of culture, but do not have it.

I don't think anyone is thinking long-term now.

Everything is politics.

Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject.