"Write about what really interests you, whether it is real things or imaginary things, and nothing else."

"One of the most cowardly things ordinary people do is to shut their eyes to facts."

"A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you."

"I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once."

"Once people stop believing in God, the problem is not that they will believe in nothing; rather, the problem is that they will believe anything."

"We meet no ordinary people in our lives."