"I am a man of letters, and I am a man of the world. I am a man of letters and a man of the world."

"The only way to escape from the past is to live in the present."

"I want to live in a world where I am free to express myself, to write what I want, to say what I want."

"I am a most unhappy man. I have been reduced to a state of utter destitution. I am a pauper. I have no money, no clothes, no shoes, no home, no wife, no children, no friends, no hope, no health, no st…"

"A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery."