Middle age snuffs out more talent than even wars or sudden deaths do.

All that non-fiction can do is answer questions. It's fiction's business to ask them.

Living is being born slowly. It would be a little too easy if we could borrow ready-made souls.

When you try to unravel something you've written, you belittle it in a way. It was created as a mystery.

When it comes to foreign policy, it is important to remember that politics stops at the water's edge.

Capitalism is a development by refinement from feudalism, just as feudalism is development by refinement from slavery . Capitalism is but the gentlemen's method of slavery.

A community is an alibi for the failure of individual love.

As to the Seven Deadly Sins, I deplore Pride, Wrath, Lust, Envy and Greed. Gluttony and Sloth I pretty much plan my day around.

Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment. Cleverness is mere opinion. Bewilderment brings intuitive knowledge.

I'll hit them when it matters.

If the people wanted my head I would bow without demur. If I had lost the confidence or respect of the people I would not want to live. The tragedy of the drama is that the very opposite is true.