“Do not, under any circumstances, put this book down and turn on the teevee.The teevee debilitates our culture. ”

“The main thing is to remain oneself, under any circumstances; that was and is our common purpose.”

“Do not, under any circumstances, belittle a work of fiction by trying to turn it into a carbon copy of real life; what we search for in fiction is not so much reality but the epiphany of truth.”

“...do not, under any circumstances, belittle a work of fiction by trying to turn it into a carbon copy of real life; what we search for in fiction is not so much reality but the epiphany of truth.”

“If, while watching the sun set on a used-car lot in Los Angeles, you are struck by the parallels between the image and the inevitable fate of humanity, do not, under any circumstance, write it down.”

“We are homeless enough in this world under the best of circumstances without going to any special effort to test our capacity to be more so.”