“They grew; they did not talk about growing.”
“Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sakes. Now, I mean, I'm talking about singing in the shower, I'm talking about dancing to the radio, I'm talking about writing a poem to a friend--a lousy poem.”
“It is a common delusion that you make things better by talking about them.”
“Talking to the British about sex is like talking to Americans about reading. Nobody does it so why talk about it?”
“For both of us, it had simply been too enormous an experience. We shared it by not talking about it. Does this make any sense?”