“If I could have anything I wanted, I would choose story without end, and it seems I have lots of company in that.”

“I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs, and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music.”

“You would rather face a life without me than to have me choose a life I would not choose for myself.”

“The memory came faint and cold of the story I might have told, a story in the likeness of my life, I mean without the courage to end or the strength to go on.”

“I choose this story above all others because it's a story I'm struggling to end.”

“The angel brought you back."
"Because you asked him to. You could have anything alse in the world, and you asked for me."
"But I dont want anything else in the world. I love you. I would do it again. I would ask for you.”

“… I would have been better than Adolf Hitler. I could have delivered his speeches a lot better… that's for certain.”

“I like a good story and I also like staring at the sea-- do I have to choose between the two?”

“I think journalism was the most important thing I could have done with my life. I just can't think of anything I could have done with my life that would have been more meaningful.”

“Titles are an important part of a story and I take considerable care in choosing one. In fact, I cannot start a story until I have chosen a title.”