A short story is. . .frequently the celebration of character at bursting point.

There is more magic in sin if it is not committed.

Some writers thrive on the contact with the commerce of success; others are corrupted by it. Perhaps, like losing one's virginity,it is not as bad (or as good) as one feared it was going to be.

The present has its élan because it is always on the edge of the unknown and one misunderstands the past unless one remembers that this unknown was once part of its nature.

Life — how curious is that habit that makes us think it is not here, but elsewhere.

I felt the beginning of a passion, hopeless in the long run, but very nourishing, for identifying myself with people who were not my own, and whose lives were governed by ideas alien to mine.

A short story is. . .frequently the celebration of character at bursting point.