Novels Are Longer Than Life.

Most Virtue Is A Demand For Greater Seduction.

It's Necessary To Use Suffering. Otherwise, One Is Used By It.

To Be One's Own Master Is To Be The Slave Of Self.

I'm Fond Of Human Beings, But Only One At A Time.

At First, When An Idea, A Poem, Or The Desire To Write Takes Hold Of You, Work Is A Pleasure, A Delight, And Your Enthusiasm Knows No Bounds. But Later On You Work With Difficulty, Doggedly, Desperately. For Once You Have Committed Yourself To A Particular Work, Inspiration Changes Its Form And Becomes An Obsession, Like A Love-affair… Which Haunts You Night And Day! Once At Grips With A Work, We Must Master It Completely Before We Can Recover Our Idleness.