A Plot Begins When Somebody Has Something

I'm Full Of Self-doubt. I Doubt Everything I Do. Everything I Do Is A Failure.

A Man Is Not Much If He Can't Depend On Himself, And Nothing If Others Can't Depend On Him.

Doing What You Do Well Is Death. Your Duty Is To Keep Trying To Do Things That You Don't Do Well, In The Hope Of Learning.

The Effect Of Prizes On One's Career - If That Is What To Call It - Is Considerable, Since They Give One More Clout With Publishers And More Notoriety Among Journalists. The Effect On One's Writing, However, Is Nil - Otherwise, One Would Be In Deep Trouble.

Dostoevsky Is Such A Bad Writer It Is Hard To Take Him Seriously As A Novelist, Though He Is A Wonderful Philosopher.