The world is full of places to which I want to return

What the artist wishes to do — as far as you are concerned — is to take you out of yourself. As far as he is concerned, he wishes to express himself.

Higher than the beasts, lower than the angels, stuck in our idiot Eden.

The first thing you have to consider when writing a novel is your story, and then your story - and then your story!

I know nothing - nothing in the world - of the hearts of men. I only know that I am alone - horribly alone.

In every man there are two minds that work side by side, the one checking the other; thus emotion stands against reason, intellect corrects passion and first impressions act a little, but very little, before quick reflection.

It was an odd friendship, but the oddnesses of friendships are a frequent guarantee of their lasting texture.