Character, I am sure, lies in the genes.

At 8, I made a pact with God.

If genetic memory or racial memory persists, is it possible that individual memory also exists from previous lives?

My childhood was appalling.

Money? I lost all taste for it.

Learning should be a joy and full of excitement. It is life's greatest adventure; it is an illustrated excursion into the minds of the noble and the learned.

It is human nature to instinctively rebel at obscurity or ordinariness.

It is a waste of money to help those who show no desire to help themselves.

In sleep, you are safe from the revolting mechanics of living and being a prey to outrageous fortune.

I often reread books I have written.

If there is a God, then he was particularly harsh to me.

My literary success meant nothing to me.

I've always enjoyed poor health.

I'm not that interested in people.

I will know him by his eyes.