There is only one way to defeat the enemy, and that is to write as well as one can. The best argument is an undeniably good book.

Myself is thus and so, and will continue thus and so. And why fight it? My balance comes from instability.

The two real problems in life are boredom and death.

A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones that make up most of what we call life.

A man should be able to hear, and to bear, the worst that could be said of him.

I am more stupid about some things than others; not equally stupid in all directions; I am not a well-rounded person.

Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love.