People are people. Don't be afraid of them.

Writers are a fascinating breed, because there are so many kinds of them, they are made by so many circumstances, conditions, and mysteries, and there are so many ways for writing to be done.

I 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?

The Tax Collector's letters are invariably mimeographed, and all they say is that you still haven't paid him.

We are not forced into unpleasant activities. We either allow them to come about or we encourage them to come about.

I can't hate for long. It isn't worth it.

One day in the afternoon of the world, glum death will come and sit in you, and when you get up to walk, you will be as glum as death, but if you're lucky, this will only make the fun better and the love greater.