“I will always love being a writer. There is nothing greater than that.”

“As a writer, I can think of no greater terror than confronting a blank page, except perhaps the terror of being shot at.”

“Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.”

“There is no disaster greater than not being content; There is no misfortune greater than being covetous.”

“Human love, human trust, are always perilous, because they break down. The greater the love, the greater the trust, and the greater the peril, the greater the disaster. Because to place absolute trust on another human being is in itself a disaster, both ways, since each human being is a ship that must sail its own course, even if it go in company with another ship.... And yet, love is the greatest thing between human beings.”

“I like to love with LOVE that is greater than all LOVE”