“Chi non riesce in nessun altra cosa di solito si mette a scrivere.”

“Se non hai paura di una cosa, allora quella cosa impara a stare lontana da te, perché capisce che più di tanto non riesce a danneggiarti, e con tutta la gente danneggiabile che c'è in giro non è che si mette a perdere tempo con uno che non l'apprezza.”

“The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.”

“There are times when I look over the various parts of my character with perplexity. I recognize that I am made up of several persons and that the person that at the moment has the upper hand will inevitably give place to another. But which is the real one? All of them or none?”

“The unfortunate thing about this world is that good habits are so much easier to give up than bad ones.”

“Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can write a sentence that is good to look at and good to listen to.”

“You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action.”