“It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail.”

“I'm lazy. But it's the lazy people who invented the wheel and the bicycle because they didn't like walking or carrying things. ”

“I must tell you that the supply of words on the world market is plentiful, but the demand is falling.”

“Scholars who are worth anything at all never know what is call "a hard grind" or what "bitter study" means.”

“A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it.”

“An erect building is a shackled slave. I hear the mutinous grumbling of vertical buildings. I hear the grinding frustration of those compelled against their will to remain standing. A building is energy crucified against space and time.”

“That which is hard to do is best done bitterly.”