I have ever been prone to seek adventure and to investigate and experiment where wiser men would have left well enough alone.

I write to escape ... to escape poverty.

In that little party there was not one who would desert another; yet we were of different countries, different colours, different races, different religions--and one of us was of a different world.

I have been successful probably because I have always realized that I knew nothing about writing and have merely tried to tell an interesting story entertainingly.

Even brave men, and D'Arnot was a brave man, are sometimes frightened by solitude.

I have discovered that the world over, unusual weather prevails at all times of the year.

If I had followed my better judgment always, my life would have been a very dull one.