There was a moment when I changed from an amateur to a professional. I assumed the burden of a profession, which is to write even when you don't want to, don't much like what you're writing, and aren't writing particularly well

I think, myself, that one's memories represent those moments which, insignificant as they may seem, nevertheless represent the inner self and oneself as most really oneself.

"Look here," I said, "people like to collect disasters."

The rottenness comes from within.

One must make one's own mistakes

When engaged in eating, the brain should be the servant of the stomach.

there is no fanatic like a religious fanatic.