The folly of war is that it can have no natural end except in the extinction an entire people. Votes: 0
I used to think getting old was about vanity but actually it's about losing people you love. Votes: 0
To the west, the Pacific Ocean, which revulses me, for its vastness cannot be fitted into any box. Votes: 0
The quiet people just do their work. Votes: 0
If I'm writing, I'll say something metaphorical or approximate, whereas scientists are very precise. Votes: 0
Novels begin, not on the page, but in meditation and day-dreaming - In thinking, not writing. Votes: 0
Getting the first draft finished is like pushing a peanut with your nose across a very dirty floor. Votes: 0
Art is about freedom of expression, and should not be molded to fit any propaganda or lofty ideal. Votes: 0
Loneliness is like starvation: you don't realize how hungry you are until you begin to eat. Votes: 0
Technique holds a reader from sentence to sentence, but only content will stay in his mind. Votes: 0
"Politics" per se is absent from my writing but there is usually a moral (if ironic) compass. Votes: 0
Much in our lives is chance. Votes: 0
Writing! The activity for which the only adequate bribe is the possibility of suicide, one day. Votes: 0
Tragedy is the highest form of art. Votes: 0
Like a flame is real enough, isn't it, while it's burning?-even if there's a time it goes out? Votes: 0
No, the thing is, we all love storytelling, and as a writer you get to tell stories all the time. Votes: 0
Every scar in my face is worth it. Votes: 0
After love a formal feeling comes. Votes: 0
celebrate while you can Votes: 0
I love insult, it's always honest. Votes: 0
In a family, what isn't spoken is what you listen for. But the noise of a family is to drown it out. Votes: 0
Cherie, keep walking. Shut your eyes. We are headed for the bridge. We are going to cross it. Votes: 0
The despairing soul is a rebel. Votes: 0
It must happen to everyone. The last time you make love, you can't know it will be the last. Votes: 0
Prose-it might be speculated-is discourse; poetry ellipsis. Prose is spoken aloud; poetry overheard. Votes: 0
The greatest realities are physical and economic, all the subtleties of life come afterward. Votes: 0
The brain is a muscle of busy hills, the struggle of unthought things with things eternally thought. Votes: 0