It is simply not part of my culture to preserve notes. I have never heard of a writer preserving his early drafts.

I was afraid of marriage. I had the impression married life would take up all my time. I saw myself drowning in visits and parties. No freedom.

Madness is the acme of intelligence.

If the urge to write should ever leave me, I want that day to be my last.

At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic.

I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature.

History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself.