El lenguaje no es sólo un medio de comunicación, es un modo de existencia.

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'

I do not wish them [women] to have power over men; but over themselves.

A writer's life is a highly vulnerable, almost naked activity. We don't have to weep about that. The writer makes his choice and is stuck with it. But it is true to say that you are open to all the winds, some of them icy indeed. You are out on your own, out on a limb. You find no shelter, no protection — unless you lie — in which case of course you have constructed your own protection and, it could be argued, become a politician.

When someone tells you about the peak year of human history， the period of time when things were good before things went downhill， it will always be the years of when they were 10 years sold — which is the peak of any human’s existence.