"The story of my life is about back entrances, side doors, secret elevators and other ways of getting in and out of places so that people won't bother me."

"This is where I have wasted the best years of my life."

"I wish I were supernaturally strong so I could put right everything that is wrong."

"Anyone who has a continuous smile on his face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening."

"Spectroscopy can probably answer the question, 'Is there anybody out there?' Are we alone?"

"To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals - this alone is worth the struggle."

"Loneliness is my least favorite thing about life. The thing that I'm most worried about is just being alone without anybody to care for or someone who will care for me."

"Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to decay or late to bloom but they dare to go it alone."