“At least when one speaks of oneself one is passionate, well-informed and specific.”
“One says the things which one feels the need to say, and which the other will not understand: one speaks for oneself alone.”
“One pays a price for innovation, and innovators, knowing this, are hardly conciliators: books are not written specifically to please others; they are written, like it or not, to please oneself.”
“What's most revolting is that one is really sad! No, it's better at home. Here at least one blames others for everything and excuses oneself.”
“One could say, with a little exaggeration, that the persona is that which in reality one is not, but which oneself as well as others think one is.”
“When one is in town one amuses oneself. When one is in the country one amuses other people. It is excessively boring.”