Any body of men who believe in hell will persecute whenever they have the power.

Being a writer in a library […] is rather like being a eunuch in a harem.

What is imposed on us by birth and environment is what we are called upon to overcome.

The moment a man talks to his fellows he begins to lie.

The opposite of loneliness, its not togetherness. It is intimacy.

Californias a wonderful place to live – if you happen to be an orange.

Sleep is when all unsorted stuff comes as from a dustbin upset in a high wind.

Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil not the strength to choose between the two.

Every trouble in life is a joke compared to madness.

There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.