I invite all brats to throw their cookies at the baker's head if they're not sweet, winos to chuck their wine if it's bad, the dying to shuck their souls when they croak, and men to throw their existence in God's face when it's bitter

The great natures which are good, are above everything generous and don't begrudge the giving of themselves.

Talent is long patience.

A superhuman will is needed in order to write, and I am only a man.

The most important thing in the world is to hold your soul aloft.

Of all the icy blasts that blow on love, a request for money is the most chilling.

He had the vanity to believe men did not like him – while men simply did not know him.