I have often been asked to be fair and view a matter from all sides. I did so, hoping that something might improve if I viewed allsides of it. But the result was the same. So I went back to viewing things only from one side, which saves me a lot of work and disappointment. For it is comforting to regard something as bad and to be able to use one's prejudice as an excuse.

I and my public understand each other very well: it does not hear what I say, and I don't say what it wants to hear.

Many women would like to dream with men without sleeping with them. Someone should point out to them that this is utterly impossible.

My readers think that I write for the day because my writings are based on the day. So I shall have to wait until my writings are obsolete. Then they may acquire timeliness.

Intercourse with a woman is sometimes a satisfactory substitute for masturbation. But it takes a lot of imagination to make it work.

This is something that I cannot get over -- that a whole line could be written by half a man, that a work could be built on the quicksand of a character.

I like to hold a monologue with women. But a dialogue with myself is more stimulating.