I detest my fellow-beings and do not feel that I am their fellow at all

The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments.

Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it.

You'll always have to deal with bastards, being lied to, deceived, slandered and ridiculed, but that's to be expected and you must thank heaven when you meet the exception.

You must write for yourself, above all. That is your only hope of creating something beautiful.

Talent is nothing but long patience.

Each dream finds at last its form; there is a drink for every thirst, and love for every heart. And there is no better way to spend your life than in the unceasing preoccupation of an idea--of an ideal.