Women know the damnation of charity because the habit of civilization has always been to throw them cheap alms rather than give them good wages.

God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.

I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.

There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intelligence.

The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.

All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not to go soft like so many sleepy pears.

The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple.

The mind is its own enemy, that fights itself with the innumerable pliant and ineluctable arms of the octopus.

Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a person's mind.

We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.

Christian mentality is a victorious mentality

It's a full time job with a part-time companion.

Failure at a task may be the result of having tackled it at the wrong time.

The first 90 minutes of the match are the most important.

Anyone I may have used should feel happy that they even had a use. It's better than being useless.

Man must have fires in his life: Fire of love; fire of work; fire of doing kindness... Without fires, man is just a cold rock!

For me, a novel is always the result of my attempt to impose myself on raw circumstances. It is a concrete form of lived experience.

Find what causes a commotion in your heart. Find a way to write about that

Be proactive. Ask yourself, "Are my actions based on self-chosen values or on my moods, feelings and circumstances?"