“I am very much down to earth, just not this one.”

“Books are a hard-bound drug with no danger of an overdose. I am the happy victim of books.”

“Don’t overact the story of your name. Overact the story of your work.”

“I’m very much down to earth, just not this earth.”

“I'm very down to Earth, I'm just not from this Earth.”

“I am nothing but I must be everything.”

“...it is all the more clear what we have to accomplish at present: I am referring to ruthless criticism of all that exists, ruthless both in the sense of not being afraid of the results it arrives at and in the sense of being just as little afraid of conflict with the powers that be.”