But a man's character is his fate... and in the end there isn't any way to disguise the nature of the knocks by acoustical work on the door or gloving the knuckles.

The main reason for rewriting is not to achieve a smooth surface, but to discover the inner truth of your characters.

I'm glad I haven't lived in vain.

Art is order, made out of the chaos of life.

You have to fight for your life. That's the chief condition on which you hold it.

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.

Great pressure is brought to bear to make us undervalue ourselves. On the other hand, civilization teaches that each of us is an inestimable prize. There are, then, these two preparations: one for life and the other for death. Therefore we value and are ashamed to value ourselves.