“Nothing written for pay is worth printing. Only what has been written against the market.”

“I'm not looking for God, only for myself, and that is far more complicated. God has a great deal written about Him; nothing has been written about me.”

“The art of not playing in tempo--one has to learn it. And the art of not playing what is written on the printed paper.”

“No book can be written till it wants to be written, till it shouts to be written, and raises up a persistent din in the writer's head. And then, if you want peace, you just have to pull it out and freeze it in print. Nothing less would do.”

“Many things have been written and will be written for dream. Dreams are nothing but our unclear expectations.”

“In teaching people what it means to be a Christian, we spend much of our time and effort bringing them to a point of belief without clearly calling them to follow. We have taken “believe” and we have written that in capital letters with bold print: BELIEVE. But everything that has to do with following has been put in small print: follow.”