“Affliction compels us to recognize as real what we do not think possible.”

“At the very best, a mind enclosed in language is in prison. It is limited to the number of relations which words can make simultaneously present to it; and remains in ignorance of thoughts which in...”

“We have to endure the discordance between imagination and fact. It is better to say, I am suffering, than to say, This landscape is ugly.”

“There are two atheisms of which one is a purification of the notion of God.”

“We have to believe in a God who is like the true God in everything except that he does not exist, since we have not reached the point where God exists.”

“Men owe us what they imagine they will give us. We must forgive them this debt.”

“great writers are indecent peoplethey live unfairlysaving the best part for paper.good human beings save the worldso that bastards like me can keep creating art,become immortal.if you read this aft...”

“Some writers enjoy writing, I am told. Not me. I enjoy having written.”

“Becoming a writer is about becoming conscious. When you're conscious and writing from a place of insight and simplicity and real caring about the truth, you have the ability to throw the lights on ...”