“So such is life that it writes itself, trying to right itself, but there's nothing wrong with it.”

“There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.”

“I must tell you that I should really like to think there's something wrong with me- Because, if there isn't, then there's something wrong with the world itself-and that's much more frightening! That would be terrible. So I'd rather believe there is something wrong with me, that could be put right.”

“Art isn't meaningless... It is in itself. It isn't in that it tries to make life less so.”

“Life does not seem to present itself to me for my convenience, to box itself up nicely so I can write about it with wisdom and a point to make before putting it on a shelf somewhere.”

“There's a hard life for every silver spoon.There's a touch of gray for every shade of blue.That's the way I see life.If there was nothing wrong...Then there'd be nothing right.”