حين تُشرِفُ على الموت تتغيَّر ؛ و حين تكون جندياً تتغيَّر ؛ و حين تتقدَّم في العمر تتغيَّر .

“Nothing that ever was changes. Yet nothing that is can ever be the same as what…”

“a writer must always tell the truth (unless he's a journalist)”

“The unfed mind devours itself.”

“Many writers who choose to be active in the world lose not virtue but time, and…”