Existentialists are monumentally and monotonously serious; they don't like to joke.

They say the first sentence in any speech is always the hardest. Well, that one's behind me, anyway.

We're extremely fortunate not to know precisely the kind of world we live in. One would have to live a long, long time, unquestionably longer than the world itself.

God was finally going to believe in a man both good and strong, but good and strong are still two different men.

Nothing's a gift, it's all on loan

I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet.

Inspiration is not the exclusive privilege of poets or artists. There is, there has been, there will always be a certain group of people whom inspiration visits. It's made up of all those who've consciously chosen their calling and do their job with love and imagination. Difficulties and setbacks never quell their curiosity. A swarm of new questions emerges from every problem that they solve. Whatever inspiration is, it's born from a continuous 'I don't know.'