I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical intelligence which I intend to allow to operate.

One is and is not in the centre of the maelstrom of it all.

There are some things one remembers even though they may never have happened.

All that happens is that the destruction of human beings - unless they're Americans - is called collateral damage.

The past is what you remember, imagine you remember, convince yourself you remember, or pretend you remember.

Language in art remains a highly ambiguous transaction, a quicksand, a trampoline, a frozen pool which might give way under you ... at any time.

Good writing excites me, and makes life worth living.

I don't think there's been any writer like Samuel Beckett. He's unique. He was a most charming man and I used to send him my plays.

Don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past?

This particular nurse said, Cancer cells are those which have forgotten how to die. I was so struck by this statement.

The more acute the experience, the less articulate its expression.

How will we ever get out of the labyrinth of suffering ?

A story only wants to be told. Don't stand in its way.

God's "nothings" are His most positive answers. We have to stay on God and wait. Never try to help God to fulfill His word.

What is a hero without love for mankind.

It's not getting what you want that's the hard part, it's deciding what you want.

Some people tell me that we professional players are soccer slaves. Well, if this is slavery, give me a life sentence.

You are fighting against nothingness all the time by creating a series of shields that you call personality, life history, feelings, ideas, and ways of seeing.

It hurts and hurts to have him this close. I feel sick with it.

I enjoy winning and very much dislike losing- but I did not allow either of them to obsess me. I was a silent loser, believing that if you won you said little, and if you lost you said even less

A man who is good enough to go to heaven is good enough to be a clergyman.