I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking.

Life is not so bad if you have plenty of luck, a good physique, and not too much imagination.

One should never write down or up to people, but out of yourself.

Every writer has certain subjects that they write about again and again, and . . . most people's books are just variations on certain themes.

I'll bet Shakespeare compromised himself a lot; anybody who's in the entertainment industry does to some extent.