I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else.

Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.

You wouldn't believe the kind of hate mail I get about my work on irregular verbs.

Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.

I've never rejected the world I came from. To be rejected by it is horrible.