Whatever is felt upon the page without being specifically named there — that, one might say, is created.

To fulfil the dreams of one's youth; that is the best that can happen to a man. No worldly success can take the place of that.

Success is less interesting than struggle. There is great pleasure in the effort.

Some memories are realities, and are better than anything that can ever happen to one again.

When kindness has left people, even for a few moments, we become afraid of them, as if their reason had left them.

The emptiness was intense, like the stillness in a great factory when the machinery stops running.

Every artist makes herself born. You must bring the artist into the world yourself.