All remembrance of things past is fiction.
A thousand years makes economics silly and a work of art endures for ever, but it is very difficult to do and now it is not fashionable.
A writer's style should be direct and personal, his imagery rich and earthy, and his words simple and vigorous. The greatest writers have the gift of brilliant brevity, are hard workers, diligent scho...
Religion is the opium of the poor
People who write fiction, if they had not taken it up, might have become very successful liars.
Remember to get the weather in your damn book--weather is very important.
Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.
Ezra was right half the time, and when he was wrong, he was so wrong you were never in any doubt about it.
…Her lips an island in the sudden white sea of pain that came in a shining, unbearable, rising, blinding wave and swept him clean.
دختری به کافه آمد و تنها، پشت میزی نزدیک پنجره نشست. بسیار زیبا بود و چهرهای داشت به تازگی سکهٔ تازه ضرب شده - البته هرگز سکهای با نسوج صاف و پوست باران خورده ضرب نشده است. موهایش، به سیاهی پر زاغ،...
إذا واتاك الحظ بما فيه الكفاية لتعيش في باريس وأنت شاب, فإن ذكراها ستبقى معك أينما ذهبت طوال حياتك, لأن باريس وليمة متنقلة.
Когато двама души се обичат, когато те са щастливи и весели, и единият от тях или двамата работят и правят нещо наистина хубаво, те привличат хората тъй силно, както морският фар привлича прелетните п...
Зная, че нощта не е същата като деня, че нещата изглеждат различни тогава, че това, което преживяваш през нощта, не може да се обясни на дневна светлина, понеже тогава престава да съществува, и че нощ...
Understanding of it and I am not sure that I believe in it. Perhaps it was a sin to kill the fish. I suppose it was even though I did it to keep me alive and feed many people. But then everything is a...
You’ll ache. And you’re going to love it. It will crush you. And you’re still going to love all of it. Doesn’t it sound lovely beyond belief?
You should only read what is truly good or what is frankly bad.
You ought to dream. All our biggest businessmen have been dreamers.
You know. Don’t pretend you don’t know.
You did not kill the fish only to keep alive and to sell for food, he thought. You killed him for pride and because you are a fisherman. You loved him when he was alive and you loved him after. If you...
You can’t get away from yourself by moving from one place to another.