The Closer The Look One Takes At

War: First, One Hopes To Win; Then One Expects The Enemy To Lose; Then, One Is Satisfied That He Too Is Suffering; In The End, One Is Surprised That Everyone Has Lost.

Satires Which The Censor Can Understand Are Justly Forbidden

Journalists Write Because They Have Nothing To Say, And Have Something To Say Because They Write.

The Closer The Look One Takes At A Word, The Greater Distance From Which It Looks Back.

To Write A Novel May Be Pure Pleasure. To Live A Novel Presents Certain Difficulties. As For Reading A Novel, I Do My Best To Get Out Of It.