Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.

You don't dare think whole even to yourself the entirety of a dear hope or wish let alone a desperate one else you yourself have doomed it.

The best job that was ever offered to me was to become a landlord in a brothel. In my opinion it's the perfect milieu for an artist to work in.

My ideal job? Landlord of a bordello! The company's good and the mornings are quiet, which is the best time to write.

We could live like counts. ... If all that money is out there, I might as well hack a little on the side and put the novel off.

We must just stay awake and see evil done for a little while it's not always.

No battle is ever won ... victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.