The something of somewhere is mostly just the nothing of nowhere..
From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first..
When we open ourselves you yourself to me and I myself to you, when we submerge you into me and I into you when we vanish into me you and into you I ….
I think the anti-intellectualism of a lot of contemporary fiction is a kind of despairing of literature's ability to be anything more than perfectly ….
Obviously, there's a million things we're allowed to say on late-night cable that you're not allowed to say on a prime time broadcast..
We must engage in a whole-of-government approach to combat Russian active measures..
The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn..
I've always thought that less was a lot more..
Well, the thing about great fictional characters from literature, and the reason that they're constantly turned into characters in movies, is that th….
It is better to rust out than wear out..
I talk by playing, not by words..
The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature..
Tardiness in literature can make me nervous..
Oh, am I wearing an ascot? I didn't notice..
One would like to be grand and heroic, if one could; but if not, why try at all? One wants to be very something, very great, very heroic; or if not t….
My views naturally have mellowed. Most of the critics have been more or less nice to me.
I write novels because there is something I don't understand in reality..
In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75.
The faith that I love the best, says God, is hope..
I can work in films as long as the story doesn't have a realistic nature. If I'm working with an allegory, a fantasy, it can be developed in syntheti….
Nothing exists but him..