"I can always live by my pen."

"For my whole life, my favorite activity was reading. It's not the most social pastime."

"I have learnt how to live, how to be in the world and of the world, and not just to stand aside and watch."

"I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living."

"Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!"

"Everything stinks till it’s finished."