1. ”Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.”
2. “Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt.”
3. “There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.”
4. "The truth has never been of any real value to any human being - it is a symbol for mathematicians and philosophers to pursue. In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths."
5. “Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic fear which is inherent in a human situation.”