“As a writer you ask yourself to dream while awake.”
“How lovely it is to dream while you are awake.”
“Dream of me," he said.Dream of you? I'm doing that while I'm awake.”
“Emma was no asleep, she was pretending to be asleep; and, while he was dozing off at her side, she lay awake, dreaming other dreams.”
“It's fine to have a dream girl, but you should ask yourself…would you be her dream boy?”
“If you don't believe what I'm telling you, then ask yourself this: would any decent, kind-hearted individual become a writer? Of course not.”