The vocation of every man and woman is to serve other people.

I must write each day without fail, not so much for the success of the work, as in order not to get out of my routine.

It boils down to this: we should have done with humbug, and let war be war, and not a game ... If there were none of this magnanimity business in warfare, we should never go to war, except for something worth facing certain death for.

The best thoughts most often come in the morning after waking, while still in bed or while walking.

Every lie is a poison; there are no harmless lies. Only the truth is safe. Only the truth gives me consolation - it is the one unbreakable diamond.

If you're not enjoying your work, you should either change your attitude, or change your job.

One ought only to write when one leaves a piece of one's own flesh in the inkpot, each time one dips one's pen.