"I'm a lover, not a fighter. I'm a writer, not a reader. I'm a dreamer, not a doer. I'm a thinker, not a speaker. I'm a feeler, not a toucher. I'm a liver, not a dier. I'm a be-er, not a not-be-er. I'm…"

"I'm not a writer, I'm a typist."

"I was a young man of the world, and I was going to conquer it."

"All human beings are also dream beings."

"So therefore I dedicate myself, to my art, my sleep, my dreams, my labours, my suffrances, my loneliness, my unique madness, my endless absorption and hunger because I cannot dedicate myself to any fe…"