The need to express oneself in writing springs from a mal-adjustment to life, or from an inner conflict which the adolescent (or the grown man) cannot resolve in action. Those to whom action comes as easily as breathing rarely feel the need to break loose from the real, to rise above, and describe it... I do not mean that it is enough to be maladjusted to become a great writer, but writing is, for some, a method of resolving a conflict, provided they have the necessary talent.

Artificial inflation of stocks must be considered a crime as serious as counterfeiting, which it closely resembles.

Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.

The art of reading is in great part that of acquiring a better understanding of life from one's encounter with it in a book.

The need to express oneself in writing springs from a mal-adjustment to life, or from an inner conflict which the adolescent (or the grown man) cannot resolve in action. Those to whom action comes as easily as breathing rarely feel the need to break loose from the real, to rise above, and describe it... I do not mean that it is enough to be maladjusted to become a great writer, but writing is, for some, a method of resolving a conflict, provided they have the necessary talent.

It is better to teach a few things perfectly than many things indifferently...

We can talk frankly about our defects only to those who recognise our qualities.