“Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.”

“A strong hatred is the best lamp to bear in our hands as we go over the dark places of life, cutting away the dead things men tell us to revere.”

“Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a person's mind.”

“Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.”