Our heroes are human heroes. That's a very new situation. Most other societies have had, right at their center, the worship of something transcendent: a god, a spirit, a natural force, the universe, whatever it is -- something else that is being worshiped. We've slightly lost the habit of doing that, which is, I think, why we're particularly drawn to nature.
Innovation is not just about new tools—it’s about new ways of thinking.
Stay the course. No matter what happens, stick to your program.
The artist must be in his work as God is in creation, invisible and all-powerful.
Language is the writer's only tool, and yet it's never enough.
The novel is a mirror carried along a high road.