We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.

What good is power when you're too wise to use it?

But it doesn't take a thousand men to open a door, my lord.""It might to keep it open.

The quality of the will to power is, precisely, growth. Achievement is its cancellation. To be, the will to power must increase with each fulfillment, making the fulfillment only a step to a further one. The vaster the power gained, the vaster the appetite for more.

If one believes that words are acts, as I do, then one must hold writers responsible for what their words do.

The natural, proper, fitting shape of the novel might be that of a sack, a bag. A book holds words. Words hold things. They bear meanings. A novel is a medicine bundle, holding things in a particular, powerful relation to one another and to us.

If women had power what would men be but women who can't bear children? And what would women be but men who can?

Fakat güç, sadece ihtiyaç olduğunda ortaya çıkmaz: Bilgi de olması gerekir

Tehlikenin gücü, gölgenin ışığı kuşattığı gibi kuşatacağını hiç düşünmedin mi? Sihir, zevk için veya övülmek için oynadığımız bir oyun değildir. Şunu düşün: Bizim Sanatımız'daki her söz, her hareket ya hayır ya da şer için yapılır. Bir şey söylemeden veya bir şey yapmadan önce, ödemen gereken bedeli bilmen gerekir.