Mnemosyne, one must admit, has shown herself to be a very careless girl.

Age indomitably, in the European manner. Do not finish your labours young. Be a planet, not a meteor. Honor the working day. Sit at your desk.

do what only a true artist can do ... pounce upon the forgotten butterfly of revelation

The thought, when written down, becomes less oppressive, but some thoughts are like a cancerous tumor: you express is, you excise it, and it grows back worse than before.

Turning one's novel into a movie script is rather like making a series of sketches for a painting that has long ago been finished and framed.

You know, what's so dreadful about dying is that you are completely on your own.

A toothache will cost a battle, a drizzle cancel an insurrection.