“Don't let yourself slip and get any perfect characters... keep them people, people, people, and don't let them get to be symbols.”
“Don't let the worst people get the best of you. Save it for the best people instead".”
“You don't necessarily meet a lot of people in this world. Not when you let yourself get distracted by music and the passing of hours.”
“I don't like people. I don't like any kind of people. When you get them together in a big lump they all get nasty and dirty and full of trouble. So I don't like people including you. That's what a misanthropist is.”
“They get me, and I get them. They have empathy. Most people don't, they really don't.”
“People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them.”