I had to subvert my principles and kowtow to an idiot. Television makes these daily sacrifices possible. It deadens the inner core of my being. It is far better to take things as they come along with patience and equanimity. A book must be the ax for the frozen sea within us.
Life is either a daring adventure or it is nothing.
As long as it stays I am ironic - if it is pulled out, I shall die. There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of becoming. You do it like piano scales until you have a story to tell. For it is the unaccepted self that stands in my way and will continue to do so as long as it is not accepted. We must first become like lurselves and stop living besides ourselves.