If a person measures his spiritual fulfillment in terms of cosmic visions, surpassing peace of mind, or ecstasy, then he is not likely to know much s….

I think it's a mistake to ever look for hope outside of one's self..

Nevertheless, one learned very early that books had to be respected; they were all putative Bibles and to some small degree had a share in holiness..

THE PRICE grew out of a need to reconfirm the power of the past, the seedbed of current reality, and the way to possibly reaffirm cause and effect in….

Don't be seduced into thinking that that which does not make a profit is without value..

A character is defined by the kinds of challenges he cannot walk away from. And by those he has walked away from that cause him remorse..

Above all else, tragedy requires the finest appreciation by the writer of cause and effect..

I'm sure there are writers who are great businessmen, but I never met any..

I speak my own sins; I cannot judge another. I have no tongue for it..

I love her too, but our neuroses just don't match..

The world is always ending; the exact date depends on when you came into it..

He wants to live on through something - and in his case, his masterpiece is his son. All of us want that, and it gets more poignant as we get more an….

You cant get very far in this world without your dossier being there first..

Life, woman, life is God's most precious gift; no principle, however glorious, may justify the taking of it..

In a dream, we are simply confronted with various loaded symbols, and where one is exhausted, it gives way to another..

You specialize in something until one day it is specializing in you..

A friend of mine once said that there were only two truly national events in the history of the United States. One was the Civil War and the other on….

I don't know a critic who penetrates the center of anything..

Memory inevitably romanticizes, pressing reality to recede like pain..

... if you love your country why is it necessary to hate other countries?.

Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets..