"I fear that I shall never be able to finish my book. It is too long, too complex, too difficult."

"I am afraid I am more interested in the shape of sentences than in their moral implications."

"I've put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant, and that's the only way of insuring one's immortality."

"The greatest thing a man can do is to love his country."

"The true artist is a man who has nothing to say, but who says it well."