I like familiarity. In me it does not bring contempt-only more familiarity.

One never discusses anything with anybody who can understand one discusses things with people who cannot understand.

There is no reason why a king should be rich or a rich man should be a king, no reason at all.

The artist works by locating the world in himself

I write for myself and strangers. The strangers, dear Readers, are an afterthought.

An audience is pleasant if you have it, it is flattering and flattering is agreeable always, but if you have an audience the being an audience is their business, they are the audience you are the writer, let each attend to their own business.

For a very long time everybody refuses and then almost without a pause almost everybody accepts.