“The world was doing its best to ignore the fact that I was a writer.”
“The world is full of small ignorances. We must all do our best to ignore them and thereby keep them small, don't you think”
“If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the best you can do, and it's the fact that it's the best you can do that kills you.”
“Well, sir. I look at facts. And the fact is that our world is dying and if we don't all do our best to save it, we aren't going to last much longer.”
“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.”
“Trying to forget really doesn't work. In fact, it's pretty much the same as remembering. But I tried to forget anyway, and to ignore the fact that I was remembering you all the time.”