An egotist always resents meeting another egotist as if he alone had the right to be one.
Do not ask me to be kind; just ask me to act as though I were.
I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't.
Words are the small change of thought.
In morals, always do as others do; in art, never.
The story I am writing exists, written in absolutely perfect fashion, some place, in the air. All I must do is find it, and copy it.