“The writer must wade into life as into the sea, but only up to the navel.”
“If you want to help people we have to dive into people wade into the sea of humanity.”
“Whose hearts must I break? What lies must I maintain? - Through whose blood am I to wade ?”
“The writer must be universal in sympathy and an outcast by nature: only then can he see clearly.”
“Art educates. That's why writers must know life. . .If the writer knows life, his work is often progressive, even though his own consciousness may lag behind.”
“All writers should be put in a box and thrown in the sea.”