I am a genius. Then it amused me to keep saying so, but now it does not. I expected to be happy sometime. Now I know I shall never be.

I want to live quietly.

The highest thing one can do in literature is to succeed in saying that thing which one meant to say. There is nothing better than that - to make the world see your thoughts as you see them.

I consider calmly the question of how much evil I should need to kill off my finer feelings.

I write every day. Writing is a necessity - like eating.

One must always say things that aim to interest, because in the world one must after all pay for one's keep.

Do you think a man is the only creature with whom one may fall in love?