“For life is short and the art of writing books is very, very long.”

“You only really discover the strength of your spine when your back is against the wall.”

“Why must an aphorism be brief?Because only a fool gives a speech in a burning house.”

“Two whores who finally found something to mother. A guy could write a book about it, he thought bitterly, call it From Hair To Maternity. It would probly be a very long book. Whores did not produce as fast as rabbits.”

“I am, a stride at a time. A very short space of time through very short time of space.”

“Art is long and life is short, and success is very far off.”

“History shows us a window into our past. Historical fiction can take us by the and and lead us into that world.”