1. “Endings are elusive, middles are nowhere to be found, but worst of all is to begin, to begin, to begin.”
2. “I think writers like old cities and are made very nervous by new cities.”
3. “Anathematization of the world is not an adequate response to the world.”
4. “Self-criticism sessions were held, but these produced more criticism than could usefully be absorbed or accommodated.”
5. “Best not to anticipate too much… it jiggles the possibilities.”
6. “The aim of literature… is the creation of a strange objct covered with fur which breaks your heart.”
7. “Art is not difficult because it wishes to be difficult, but because it wishes to be art.”
8. “Instant gratification is not good as that gratification which comes dripping slow, over the sere seasons.”
9. “Doubt is a necessary precondition to meaningful action. fear is the great mover in he end.”
10. “Is death that which gives meaning to life?”
11. “The important thing is the educational experience itself – how to survive it.”
12. “The best way live is by not knowing what will happen to you at the end of the day.”
13. “The task is not so much to solve problems as to propose questions.”
14. “Any genuine work of art generates new work.”
15. “Write about what you’re afraid of.”
