There are neither good nor evil, only the existence and action.

I spend several years trying to get inside the brain and heart of my subjects, listening to the interior monologues in their letters, and when I have to bridge the chasms between the factual evidence, I try to make an intuitive leap through the eyes and motivation of the person I'm writing about.

Everyone has their own personality, its own character, and if he respects that, everything would finally fall over for good only.

From the biography of Freud, by Irving Stone, said by Freud's fiance after he teased her for being sweet, "Beware of truly sweet people. They have will of iron.

We...believe that art is religious, because it is one of man's highest aspirations. There is no such thing as pagan art, only good and bad art.

Being mad is even pleasant. But only a madman understands that.

Life's not so bad after all. There are not only poison but also antidotes.