I say that home is where there is a chair and a glass.

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.

My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course. Ball-point pens are only good for filling out forms on a plane.

Hate is a lack of imagination.

Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt

Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead.

A single feat of daring can alter the whole conception of what is possible.

Sweet are the thoughts that savor of content: the quiet mind is richer than a crown.

People who like quotes love meaningless generalizations

Creativity is divine.

For avarice begins where poverty ends.

The thing itself, the first thing, will never do us alone, we must be elaborating, improving, poeticising.

I tried to use the questions and answers as an armature on which to build a sculpture of genuine conversation

I forget the greater part of what I read, but all the same it nourishes my mind.

We had to move forward after the war and see the realities.

Listen . Keep silent . You are not gods mouthpiece. Try to be an ear.

My parents were opera singers and voice teachers, so growing up, I admired musicians and dancers.

You may command nature to the extent only in which you are willing to obey her.