Great writers create; writers of smaller gifts copy

The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction is one of anger.

Do you absolutely despise me, Walter?" "No." He hesitated and his voice was strange. "I despise myself.

People are always a little disconcerted when you don't recognize them, they are so important to themselves, it is a shock to discover of what small importance they are to others. [The human element]

No action is in itself good or bad, but only such according to convention.

There are times when I look over the various parts of my character with perplexity. I recognize that I am made up of several persons and that the person that at the moment has the upper hand will inevitably give place to another. But which is the real one? All of them or none?

There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action.