“People are mysterious, even to themselves.”
“I think the mystery of art lies in this, that artists’ relationship is essentially with their work — not with power, not with profit, not with themselves, not even with their audience.”
“People sometimes speak in code, often without realizing they are doing so, as much a mystery to themselves as others.”
“Even a foolish old woman like me knows that lazy people don't think for themselves; they only think about themselves.”
“Trains are beautiful. They take people to places they've never been, faster than they could ever go themselves. Everyone who works on trains knows they have personalities, they're like people. They have their own mysteries.”
“If ordinary people complain that I speak too much of myself, I complain that they do not even think of themselves.”