“Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.”
“Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of time and will, any marriage, happy or unhappy, is infinitely more interesting than any romance, however passionate.”
“For a creative writer possession of the "truth" is less important than emotional sincerity.”
“In her presence I could dare everything: sincerity, emotion, pathos.”
“Do you think anger is a sincere emotion or the timid motion of a fragile heart trying to beat away its pain?”
“Vision, emotion, sincerity, passion and creativity. Without these attributes a writer has only his pen with which to speak to his audience”