The true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and no other task is of any consequence.
We create the world in which we live; if that world becomes unfit for human life, it is because we tire of our responsibility.
The greatest problem with women is how to contrive that they should seem our equals
We fear something before we hate.
The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication.
There is no suicide for which all society is not responsible.