Andrei Platonov

Happiness will come from materialism, not from meaning.

A man who's never seen war is like a woman who's never given birth - soft in the head.

When you've nothing to live for, you get to thinking inside your head.

Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.

I don't write women who are weak or simpering.

A myth is a lie that conceals or reveals a truth. But if it reveals even a strand of history or truth, that's what gets my adrenaline going.