“Learn to be as analytical about things of which you are credulous as you are of those which you criticise.”

“Whenever you are examining someone else's belongings, you are bound to learn many interesting things about the person of which you were not previously aware.”

“You are here to learn, not to love. Although you may learn not to love, which is another thing entirely.”

“One of the most effective ways to learn about oneself is by taking seriously the cultures of others. It forces you to pay attention to those details of life which differentiate them from you.”

“This is what I believe to be the progress of a writer. You write 10 things, of which one of them will be great. You then write 11 things, of which two of them will be great. Then you write 12 things, of which four of them will be great. Then you write 13 things, of which eight of them will be great. Finally you write 14 things, of which 16 of those 14 things will be great. 
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“When you are older, you will learn that the first and foremost thing which any ordinary person does is nothing.”