The beauty of a mathematical idea is that it can be shared and understood across cultures and time.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Sociology extracts it. The writer loses Eden, writes to be read and comes to realize that he is answerable.

"The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're there, listening to every word, but part of you is observing. Everything is useful to a writer, every scrap, even the longest and most boring of luncheon parties."

Man is what he believes.