It Is My Deliberate Opinion That The

I Wrote Because I Could Not Help It. There Was Something That I Wanted To Say, And I Said It: That Was All. The Fame And The Money And The Usefulness Might Or Might Not Follow. It Was Not By My Endeavor If They Did.

We Do Not Believe In Immortality Because We Can't Prove It, But We Try To Prove It Because We Cannot Help Believing It.

I Think That Few People Are Aware How Early It Is Right To Respect The Modesty Of An Infant.

Authorship Has Never Been With Me A Matter Of Choice. I Have Not Done It For Amusement, Or For Money, Or For Fame, Or For Any Reason But Because I Could Not Help It.

All People Interested In Their Work Are Liable To Overrate Their Vocation. There May Be Makers Of Dolls' Eyes Who Wonder How Society Would Go On Without Them.