I don't know any more about America than one knows being trapped in it.

Life is a sandwich of activity between two periods of bed-wetting.

Even if you're the worst writer in the world, at least you'll have the evidence.

Writing books is a nice retreat. There's nothing quite like diving into a book for a few hours. That is a big time vacation.

That's part of fiction, creating a world better than the one you live in.

Cholesterol to go with alcohol; all the bad things in English-speaking life end in -ol.

Is a gesture of charity genuine or is it a kind of deep moral tax write-off?

I knew I was supposed to be a writer; I had made that declaration in the closet of my soul.

Conversations are the most direct way to connect with people.

Heavy booze is a big time vacation, but you come back with a headache.

If I tell you that I have robbed a bank, prepare the correct reaction.

It is in doing things and not reading about them that results come about.

The power of music feels like taking a a nice brake from this busy world

No stone was left unturned in the unearthing of musical masterpieces."About Egg, Book 1 "Making it

Never doubt the courage of the French. They were the ones who discovered that snails are edible.

In the V-shaped opening of her crape bodice Mlle. Vinteuil felt the sting of her friend's sudden kiss

No one learns as much about a subject as one who is forced to teach it.

Green fingers are the extension of a verdant heart.

There is no creation without faith and hope. There is no faith and hope that does not express itself in creation.

I think democracy is the most revolutionary thing in the world, because if you have power you use it to meet the needs of you and your community.

Europe is slow to react, it is lagging behind in competitiveness, there are problems with demography, population, serious problems with security, internal security and military capabilities.