Everything by which we excel proceeds from a murky and suspect source — from our depths, in fact.
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You look after yourself as best you can.
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Writing is the creature’s revenge, and his answer to a botched Creation.
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Writing and worship do not go together: like it or not, to speak of God is to regard Him from on high.
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n the middle of a sentence, how easily one believes oneself the center of the world!
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To write is to get free of one’s remorse and one’s rancors, to vomit up one’s secrets.
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Inspiration? A sudden disequilibrium, an inordinate pleasure in affirming or destroying oneself.
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I WANT TO WRITE only in an explosive state, in a fever or under great nervous tension, in an atmosphere of settling accounts, where invectives replace blows and slaps.
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Do not be afraid of meeting him: of all creatures, the least intolerable are those who hate human beings. Never run away from a misanthrope.