“Not only is a book without conflict something no one wants to read, but a life without conflict is something where nothing is gained, nothing is earned, nothing is won.”
“Read no history--nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.”
“The painter once believed in something, but now he paints only a hole without meaning, without anything- nothing but nothingness, the nothingness of our time.”
“My anthropological back gets raised hackles with simple worlds and simple conflicts. Nothing's simple. Nothing ever was.”
“Conflict can only happen if there is something in common.”
“Without conflict there is no plot, without hope there is no story”