“I don't like to make a distinction between the writer and the painter , finally , because I do both things anyway . Everybody's dreaming and trying to put down their dreams in the way that their hand knows best . I feel as much a unity , as much comradeship , with painters as I do writers .”
“It is fear that turns minor difference into major, that makes the gulf between ethnicities into a distinction between species, between human and non-human.”
“Nor did I make any distinctions between great literature and any other kind. I just liked reading.”
“I am unable to make any distinction between the feeling I get from life and the way I translate that feeling into painting.”
“It took me many years not to make arrogant distinctions between good and bad.”