“A writer should always have some profession which brings him into close contact with the reality's of life. ”
“Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.”
“... but some say that reality is what happens inside a writer's head, and it is fiction which takes place outside it.”
“The reality of a serious writer is a reality of many voices, some of them belonging to the writer, some of them belonging to the world of readers at large.”
“They professed to love him for some unknown reason and they ignored all the things for which he could wish to be loved.”
“Only a philosopher's mind grows wings, since its memory always keeps it as close as possible to those realities by being close to which the gods are divine.”