"One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end."

"Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing."

"Nor dread nor hope attend a dying animal a man awaits his end dreading and hoping all."

"Man can embody truth but he cannot know it."

"Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow to put their heads down on. They are always longing for the mother who held them as infants."

"I never saw any of my dad's stories. My mother said he had piles and piles of manuscripts."

"There's a schizoid streak within the family anyway so I dare say that I'm affected by that. The majority of the people in my family have been in some kind of mental institution, as for my brother he doesn't want to leave. He likes it very much."

"In plain terms, a child is a complicated creature who can drive you crazy. There's a cruelty to childhood, there's an anger."