“The great novelists are philosophical novelists--that is, the contrary of thesis-writers.”

“A writer writes to a great extent to be read (let's admire those who say they don't, but not believe them).”

“Talking of politics, I would like to reiterate that Arabs are people. By that I mean they are not merely an anonymous mass of peasants with nothing worth fighting for, as the Western world sees them. On the contrary, they are people with great traditions and the highest values, for all our reluctance to assess them impartially.”

“In vain a zealous evangelist with a fely hat and flowing tie threads his way through the crowd, crying without cease: 'God is great and good. Come unto Him.' On the contrary, they all make haste toward some trivial objective that seems of more immediate interest than God.”

“There is but one true philosophical problem and that is suicide.”

“Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object.”

“Why I'm an artist, not a philosopher? Because I think in words rather than ideas.”