I have never had problems sleeping the night before a race.
The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
I never read articles about my books.
The answer to the question, 'where's the drama?' is another question: 'what's the problem?
self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.
London has the advantage of one of the most gloomy atmospheres in the world.
Murder is an offensive act. The term cannot be applied legitimately to any defensive act.
Capitalism is at least tolerable, which cannot be said of Socialism or Communism.
None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
An extravagance is something that your spirit thinks is a necessity.
Honest hearts produce honest actions.
I can't take a well-tanned person seriously.
I keep writing because it is deeply pleasurable to me.
I have cultivated my hysteria with pleasure and terror.
We ask advice, but we mean approbation.
The feat of surviving is directly related to the capacity of the survivor.
Nothing in the universe can stop you from letting go and starting over.
Things might not be great, but things would be okay.
It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.
Reformation ends not in contemplation, but in action.
