Maybe the older you grow and the less easy it is to put thought into action, maybe that’s why it gets all locked up in your head and becomes a burden.

The enemy was anyone who was someone he wanted to be or who had anything he wanted to have.

Sometimes when I think how good my book can be, I can hardly breathe.

Great fury, like great whisky, requires long fermentation.

It’s better to look at the sky than live there

I suppose you think I'm very brazen. Or très fou. Or something.' Not at all.' She seemed disappointed. 'Yes, you do. Everybody does. I don't mind. It's useful.

Writing in the first person automatically gives you a point of view.