Human beings have their great chance in the novel.

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

Long books, when read, are usually overpraised, because the reader wishes to convince others and himself that he has not wasted his time.

Let us think of people as starting life with an experience they forget and ending it with one which they anticipate but cannot understand.

We move between two darknesses.

Expansion. That is the idea the novelist must cling to. Not completion. Not rounding off, but opening out.

we may say that History develops, Art stands still

We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.

We must have courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act. Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness.

You can't just talk politics all the time - it's boring.

A man who has not suffered has nothing to tell with his paintings.

To begin perfect happiness at the respective ages of 26 and 18 is to do pretty well.

Naturally we would prefer seven epiphanies a day and an earth not so apparently devoid of angels.

I just have a position that any child that's in a failing school should be able to get out, or be in a position to have that school fixed.

I see myself as the mind of the business which takes care of every last detail; if you do not do this you cannot be fast enough.

It's always an interesting sort of adventures that gets someone into a movie.

Life is not a sprint. It was never meant to be. It is just a step of faith after another.