We are the words; we are the music; we are the thing itself.

As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world.

But nevertheless, the fact remained, it was almost impossible to dislike anyone if one looked at them.

People only become writers if they can't find the one book they've always wanted to read.

Truth had run through my fingers. Every drop had escaped.

But then anyone who's worth anything reads just what he likes, as the mood takes him, and with extravagant enthusiasm.

The way to write well is to live intensely.