I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who were frightened of life, who were desperate to reach out to another person. But these seemingly fragile people are the strong people really.
Luxury is the wolf at the door and its fangs are the vanities and conceits germinated by success. When an artist learns this, he knows where the danger is.
Life is an unanswered question, but let's still believe in the dignity and importance of the question.
If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it.
Luck is believing you're lucky.
The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.
