"The creative writer does the same as the child at play. He creates a world of fantasy which he takes very seriously—that is, which he invests with large amounts of affect—while separating it sharply f…"

"Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires."

"The neurotic is always trying to avoid a catastrophe that never happens."

"Sexual enlightenment of children is not only possible but necessary."

"Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways."