Nathalie Sarraute

I don't admire Freud as much as some people do. Imagine Shakespeare being aware of the Oedipal complex when he wrote Hamlet. It would have been a disaster.

The novel moves like all the arts. It's transforming itself all the time.

Those who live in a world of human beings can only retrace their steps.

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.

I am convinced that the reason so many fans leave Dodger Stadium after the seventh inning is that they become bored.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.