The night was a time for bestial affinities, for drawing closer to oneself.

My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people.

Everything human is alien to me.

Life is a long failure of understanding ... a long, mistaken shutting of the heart.

Each book is, in a sense, an argument with myself, and I would write it, whether it is ever published or not.

One situation – maybe one alone – could drive me to murder: family life, togetherness.

And no book, and possibly no painting, when it is finished, is ever exactly like the first dream of it.

I have Graham Greene's telephone number, but I wouldn't dream of using it. I don't seek out writers because we all want to be alone.

How easy it was to lie when one had to lie!

For neither life nor nature cares if justice is ever done or not.

It always gets late with you. - Is that a compliment?

A beautiful person is someone who stays true to themselves and their spirit someone who is self-confident and can make you smile.

Turn wishful thinking into positive action. Those who take a proactive stance in their lives tend to have an ample supply of joy and pleasure

Maybe I am naive about certain things. But I'm glad. I know all I want to know.

If experience has taught me anything, its not to put ANYTHING past people in government.

People who are hard, grasping and always ready to take advantage of their neighbors become very rich.

Ask Osama bin Laden is he is better off now than he was four years ago.

Be curious. Be constantly, consistently, indiscriminatel y curious.

I glanced out the window at the signs of spring. The sky was almost blue, the trees were almost budding, the sun was almost bright.

Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky were not classical musicians while they were alive and active, they were the rock stars of their day.

All I could do is lie there and think about how much her voice changed when she asked me if she was pretty, and how much she changed when I answered.