"The First Man is completely autobiographical. The mother [Albert Camus] describes is the woman I knew, and she was exactly as he describes her. And this teacher really existed."

“I try to execute pitches and get guys out.”

“For decades the American people have had an addiction to oil and gas.”

“The historical side of fashion was very attractive to me when I was a teenager in Moscow, working for the costume departments in various Russian theater companies.”

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“Suppose time is a circle, bending back on itself. The world repeats itself, precisely, endlessly.”

“Why do people take notice of first snowfalls but not the last days of snow? Remember the last too.”

“The seraph looked up, and pain sliced through my head as our eyes met, almost blinding me. "I honor you. You can do something I cannot," it said softly. "For all I am and all I have been, you are human. You are loved for your inventiveness, both good and bad. I can kill, but you can create. You can even create...an end," it said wistfully. "That's something I will never be able to do. Accept this. Create.”

“Philosophers write for professors; thinkers for writers.”

“Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss.”