United States author (born in Canada) whose novels influenced American literature after World War II (1915-2005)

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A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.
Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need to reason elaborately.
In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries.
The part can never be well unless the whole is well.
The worst of all deceptions is self-deception.
There is only one way to defeat the enemy, and that is to write as well as one can. The best argument is an undeniably good book.
There was a disturbance in my heart, a voice that spoke there and said, I want, I want, I want It happened every afternoon, and when I tried to suppress it it got even stronger.
Wise men talk because they have something to say fools talk because they have to say something.

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