“Egotist, n. A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me.”

“A man is never such an egotist as at moments of spiritual ecstasy. At such times it seems to him that there is nothing on earth more splendid and interesting than himself.”

“Every person who is really an artist desires to create inside of himself another, deeper, more interesting life than the one that actually surrounds him.”

“ABSTAINER, n. A weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.”

“An intellectual is a person who has discovered something more interesting than sex.”

“If you *stop* putting off homemaking until your hope of marriage develops into a reality, and *start* to develop an interesting home right now, it seems to me two things will happen: first, you will develop into the person you could be as you surround yourself with things that express your own tastes and ideas; and second, as you relax and become interested in areas of creativity, you will develop into a more interesting person to be with.”