I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself

Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a reward in itself.

No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.

Each person has his or her own very particular history and after all, the unconscious is the most secret part of ourselves.

I think there is a great tendency toward autobiography among women today. It is perhaps facile - and I say that even though I have written one myself.

Writing is a trade ... which is learned by writing.

In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or a man; either, a human being, without feeling fear, restraint, or obligation.