People Are Very Secretive - Secret Even

A Dead Man Is The Worst Enemy Alive, I Thought. You Can't Alter His Power Over You. You Can't Alter What You Love Or Owe. And It's Too Late To Ask Him For His Absolution. He Has Beaten You All Ways.

People Who've Had Very Unhappy Childhoods Are Pretty Good At Inventing Themselves. If Nobody Invents You For Yourself, Nothing Is Left But To Invent Yourself For Others.

Every Writer Knows He Is Spurious; Every Fiction Writer Would Rather Be Credible Than Authentic.

When You're My Age, You Have The Feeling Sometimes That You're Seeing The Show Come Round Again.

Ideologies Have No Heart Of Their Own. They're The Whores And Angels Of Our Striving Selves.