No, the real American has not yet arrived. He is only in the Crucible, I tell you - he will be the fusion of all races, perhaps the coming superman.
The past is for inspiration, not imitation, for continuation, not repetition.
[T]he German censorship forbade or mutilated my every book, which was like sticking pins into my soul.
There never was an age in which so many people were able to write badly.
It takes two men to make one brother.
Take from me the hope that I can change the future and you will send me mad.