I palliate the sufferings of others. yes I see myself as softening the blows, dissolving acids, neutralizing poisons, every moment of the day. I try to fulfill the wishes of others, to perform miracles. I exert myself performing miracles.

I don't wish power, only art -art and passion.

Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought into connection with action. They must be woven together.

The final lesson a writer learns is that everything can nourish the writer.

Some people read to confirm their own hopelessness. Others read to be rescued from it.

We are never trapped unless we choose to be.

We must protect the minority writers because they are the research workers of literature. They keep it alive. It has been fashionable of late to seek out and force such writers into more popular channels, to the detriment of both writer and an unprepared public.