By attempting the impossible one can attain the highest level of the possible.

It is terribly hard to be married, harder than anything. I think one has to be an angel.

Growing old-it's not nice, but it's interesting.

Not everyone is capable of madness; and of those lucky enough to be capable, not many have the courage for it.

I find my joy of living in the fierce and ruthless battles of life, and my pleasure comes from learning something.

God preserve us from writers who regurgitate what they have learnt from books! It is people's secrets we want to know - it is the natural history of the human heart that we have been trying to put down for a thousand years and everyone must and can leave their contribution.

Now I know the full power of evil. It makes ugliness seem beautiful and goodness seem ugly and weak.