I grew up in a hospital and as a child I played in the dissecting room

Writing is a dog’s life, but the only one worth living.

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.

You must write for yourself, above all. That is your only hope of creating something beautiful.

I am irritated by my own writing. I am like a violinist whose ear is true, but whose fingers refuse to reproduce precisely the sound he hears within.

Writing is a dog's life, but the only life worth living.