The Real Power Of Books Is Their

My Private Measure Of Success Is Daily. If This Were To Be The Last Day Of My Life Would I Be Content With It? To Live In A Harmonious Balance Of Commitments And Pleasures Is What I Strive For.

Morality Is A Test Of Our Conformity Rather Than Our Integrity.

If We Don't Bear Witness As Citizens, As People, As Individuals, The Right That We Have Had To Life Is Sacrificed. There Is A Silence, Instead Of A Speaking Presence.

I Had Always Said To Myself That Forty Was The Cut Off Point Of My Apprenticeship Which May For Some People Sound Like A Very Long One, But The Novel As Art Is A Middle-aged Art.

The Kinds Of Good Friends I Have Are People Who Are Perfectly Willing To Have Me Say I'll See Them In Six Months, And Live Right Next Door.