All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of will but must wait until what he believes to be a good idea for a work comes to him.

We had such tremendous fun and much agony together for some years.

Truth$$$ like love and sleep$$$ resents approaches that are too intense.

I think I need a drink. 'Almost everybody does only they don't know it.

Every autobiography is concerned with two characters$$$ a Don Quixote$$$ the Ego$$$ and a Sancho Panza$$$ the Self.

I don't like jail$$$ they got the wrong kind of bars in there.

The commonest ivory tower is that of the average man$$$ the state of passivity towards experience.

Each man's hell is in a different place: mine is just up and behind my ruined face.

Few people take an interest in Iceland$$$ but in those few the interest is passionate.

Some moments are nice$$$ some are nicer$$$ some are even worth writing about.