There is a small area of land in Asia Minor that is called Armenia, but it is not so. It is not Armenia. It is a place. There are only Armenians, and they inhabit the earth, not Armenia, since there is no Armenia. There is no America and there is no England, and no France, and no Italy. There is only the earth.
William SaroyanI have an idea that most of all he is running away from love, because it's too big and too demanding. He's running away from us--from you, from me, from his sister, from himself, too. Who wants to be himself, who wants to be so little, and so captured and limited?
William SaroyanEven after you've won fame and fortune, every time you write you've got to write, there's no shortcut, you have to start your career all over again.
William SaroyanIt is a pity, in my opinion, that no prize exists for the writer who best refrains from adding to the world's bad books.
William Saroyan