Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they could buy but do not like.

Never stop writing because you have run out of ideas. Fill the lacunae of inspiration by tidily copying out what is already written.

During long periods of history, the mode of human sense perception changes with humanity’s entire mode of existence. The manner in which human sense perception is organized, the medium in which it is accomplished, is determined not only by nature but by historical circumstances as well

Counsel woven into the fabric of real life is wisdom.

The work of memory collapses time.

Let no thought pass incognito, and keep your notebook as strictly as the authorities keep their register of aliens.

All the decisive blows are struck left-handed.