The style, which is something I take to heart, is getting on my nerves horribly. It frustrates and torments me. I have days when Iam sick about it and nights when it gives me a fever. The more I go at it the more I find myself incapable of conveying the Idea.

A good sentence in prose should be like a good line in poetry, unchangeable, as rhythmic, as sonorous.

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

Everything depends on the value we give to things. We are the ones who make morality and virtue. The cannibal who eats his neighbor is as innocent as the child who sucks his barley-sugar.

The cult of art gives pride; one never has too much of it.

To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.

I have the handicap of being born with a special language to which I alone have the key.