The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed, but also the fear of a sudden and unexpected clutch out of the darkness. – Elias Canetti
Success is the space one occupies in the newspaper. Success is one days insolence. – Elias Canetti
The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other well. – Elias Canetti
Success listens only to applause. To all else it is deaf. – Elias Canetti
My greatest fear is feeling like a professional novelist. Somebody who creates characters, who sits down and has pieces of paper taped to the wall – whats going to happen in this scene, or this act. What I like is for it to be a much more scary, sloppy reflection of who I am. – Jonathan Safran Foer