He saw the cause of his unhappiness in the family--the family as a social institution, which does not permit the child to become an independent individual at the proper time.

Necessity knows no rules.

What is economics? A science invented by the upper class in order to acquire the fruits of the labor of the underclass

Sometimes not seeing things can be a blessing.

I've thought of becoming a photographer! To save my talent as a writer.

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

[My characters are] conglomerations of past and present stages of civilization, bits from books and newspapers, scraps of humanity, rags and tatters of fine clothing, patched together as is the human soul