Does God judge us by appearances? I Suspect that He does.

It's frightfully important for a writer to be his age, not to be younger or older than he is. One might ask, "What should I write at the age of sixty-four," but never, "What should I write in 1940."

Literary confessors are contemptible, like beggars who exhibit their sores for money, but not so contemptible as the public that buys their books.

I don't think the mystical experience can be verbalized. When the ego disappears, so does power over language.

Each in the cell of himself is almost convinced of his freedom.

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.