“I enjoy getting people angry and getting underneath their skin, especially people who don't think.”

“I don't have much patience for people who enjoy limitless liberty while decrying those who get their hands dirty to make sure it exists for them.”

“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.”

“I get melancholy if I don't [write]. I need the company of people who don't exist.”

“I just know that there are plenty of people who are in terrible trouble and can't get out. And so I'm impatient with those who think that it's easy for people to get out of trouble.”

“And I don't like people who eat powdered doughnuts. I don't car how careful you are, they're just plain messy. I can't believe they taste good enough to justify getting that sugar all over everything, especially me.”