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The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one. He has a dream. It anguishes him so much he must get rid of it. He has no peace until then.
I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can't, and then tries the short story, which is the most demanding form after poetry. And, failing at that, only then does he take up novel writing.
If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.
One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.
Je est un autre. Si le cuivre s'éveille clairon, il n'y a rien de sa faute. Cela m'est évident: j'assiste à l'éclosion de ma pensée: je la regarde, je l'écoute: je lance un coup d'archet: la symphonie fait son remuement dans les profondeurs, ou vient d'un bond sur la scène.
Je est un autre. Si le cuivre s'éveille clairon, il n'y a rien de sa faute.
The world is very, very beautiful if you look at it, but most people don't look very much.
If you're not crazy, you're not a true genius.