Gathering is peculiar, because you see nothing but what you're looking for. If you're picking raspberries, you see only what's red, and if you're looking for bones you see only the white. No matter where you go, the only thing you see is bones.

A theatre is the most important sort of house in the world, because that's where people are shown what they could be if they wanted, and what they'd like to be if they dared to and what they really are

I'm not sure I would have ever started to draw, let alone write, if my childhood hadn't been so happy. It was a mixture of comfort and adventure. An excellent mixture!

I need to write down my observations. Even the tiniest ones; they're the most important.

All things are so very uncertain, and that's exactly what makes me feel reassured.

One has to discover everything for oneself. And get over it all alone.

Everyone must imagine his own snakes because no one else's snakes can ever be as awful.